Well folks, what can I say! I was only enquiring if this was a regular do and was there any chance of attending. I was not proposing for a gathering from the far flung corners of the province and beyond. I know of no reason why the 18th should present problems, so I go with the command decision.
Think however I will still use the 4 wheeled steed, I hear the weather is still a mite chilly for us soft Brits. David McCallum? Personally I never met him although family folk law says he is from my grandmother's sister's side of the family.