Just to confirm here that I've also now had an apology from Pat at Tjunbuk, reiterating what he said in the reply here to the Lewes folks.

[And if Pat's reading this I've realised that I didn't actually send a private response to his email, so I in turn apologise and I will do tonight.]

One to file under cockup rather than conspiracy I think, and one that was swiftly remedied.