Hi guys!

Thanks so much for your concern. Charles is right, I do have many other interests, but the prime reason for my not having been much in evidence of late is that I have a health issue which is currently being discussed by those who understand such things before advising me of the outcome. This has occupied my mind for a while, indeed it continues to do so, almost to the exclusion of everything else.

I try to keep in touch and 'lurk' from time to time, but my heart is not in the forums or anything else really since concentration is a short-lived luxury. Although I seldom stray far from my home now I am still, of course, kilted full-time - but I have not bought any new kilts or accessories since March of last year.

Please: I have not told you this out of a desire for sympathy, but as a means of addressing your concern, for which I am most grateful. I WILL be back, once I have been made aware of my future situation.

Take care,
Ham.