Thanks guys it's great to know that I'm not the only one

Zoundz, I hope you're better real soon

Bazza thanks for the link, it looks very useful the only trouble is, I don't have an excuse now

little me those projects seem ideal

Moonstone thanks hun still life and/or garden shots are what I have in mind, I could try some of Jack in a different mode from sport I guess, but he'd be no good for still life, he doesn't do 'still'

Well, my little note book is filling up nicely, and I have loads of ideas running about in my head for garden shots, and different settings I want to experiment with and woke up really early all exited and guess what it's raining