punkypossum said:
Scoosh did you go and see him in the end? What did you think?
Yup, I did. Excellent.
I have the dimensions drawing he did in a safe place - very safe, as I await my wrist healing sufficiently to enable me to ride a bike again

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... which gives me longer to add to my piggy-bank so I can afford what I would really like
Speaking as a tight-wad-moths-out-of-the-wallet Scotsman (one of the very few of that ilk

) I reckon it was well worth the drive from Edinburgh and back AND the overnight in a B&B.
Is that enough of a recommendation ?
Of course, I still haven't put any of it into practice 'cos of the wretched wrist 