”like many of the reactionary Tory backwoodsmen - sorry, John

No apology necessary Steve! I only took up the pseudonym ‘Backwoodsman’ after a particularly obnoxious, know-it-all, female member, with a predilection for ‘The Archers’ BBC radio programme, referred to me as such when she got her frillies firmly wedged in a ‘folk-clubs’ thread. It seemed a subtle way of sticking two fingers up at her without resorting to her kind of behaviour myself.

As she left this mortal coil several years ago, I suppose I could change it, but I really don’t feel it necessary - I’ve grown comfortable with it, and it makes attempts to insult me easier for the less intelligent type of poster we get here.