We have been offline for about a week and only now, on Saturday evening of Jimena's Mushroom Days (more on that tomorrow...) has out Internet connection been re-established. Also, had to attend yesterday's Black Friday sales at the Primark store in Algeciras - a whole afternoon's shopping that nearly killed me, but am delighted and grateful to have been able to buy some new clothing for the first time in eight years (!). And we've been lazy -- okay, I've been lazy. So apologies to all my readers on all counts. We'll be back in form by next Friday, trying to catch up with everything.