Back from the Baltic

I've finally made it back from a truly enjoyable holiday cruising around the capitals of the Baltic. It's been a period of relaxation and, to some extent, recuperation, and now it's time to start catching up on the real world. My thanks in particular to those who commented on posts in my absence, and my apologies for not being better at publishing and responding to them – it proved trickier than expected to remain in contact via the internet for someone as technologically challenged as I...