Greetings, felicitations, love and hugs to one and all. I landed on planet Earth in 1959 with a chilling scream at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Left junior school in 1970 with a certificate authorizing me to slay Dragons (written in crayon). Grammar school until 1976, all mortarboards, gowns and forbidden towers, way before Hogwarts,.Went into the printing industry for nine years, then I.T, when computers had flashy lights and punch tape. Currently a carer for a family member, my hobbies include drinking real ale, aviation, free-fall Morris dancing, unarmed basket weaving, tap dancing for social ridicule, some drawing and painting, learning to play the Pandemonium quietly and, more recently, a lot more poetry. My first effort was in 1966 and if I remember correctly, went 'Autumn's here again, the leaves are going brown, the days are getting shorter, the sun is going down'. One day I'll make progress. I've had a lot published in our local newspaper, and several read out on National Radio, which is very kind of them. Anyway, thanks to all for the welcome and, as Luke Skywalker said whilst visiting a seaside resort on the East coast of England, "Mablethorpe be with you". Viv