Just as an aside (not really anything A7 related)

[Chris KC]

Glad to hear you weathered the storm Reckless. Your comments about people who fail to understand the forces of nature resonate with me. I have a sister who lived in the Bavarian Alps until recently; she worked for a very kind man who was killed attempting to rescue a couple of climbers who got into trouble (he was a very experienced climber & on the local mountain rescue team). And I came fairly close to losing another sister who pulled a woman out of the sea in South Devon.

I had a bit of wind too, but that's another story...