Poor Skarpi! If the Mudcatters were to invade Iceland it would double the population at one go. It would probably make for a wonderful new saga (preferably without all the tit-for-tat killings). Actually I can just begin to visualise some Mudcatters as characters in Njal's Saga; Joe Offer as the wise Njal himself.

I do love Gareth's of taking a tramp steamer (do such things still exist?), and john in Hull could navigate us to see Nick Root in Newfoundland, or to Nova Scotia (watch out George!). Something to look forward to in 5 years time.