Many Thanks Dinah and Karen,
Yes your information and experiences are exactly what I'm looking for and it's really awesome to get not one reply but two - and both in the same day! I think I'm going to have to pull out all the stops to get this whole process speeded up if it's at all possible.

Once again thanks from the bottom of my heart for your kind words of comfort and advice.[ I must go and try to sleep as it's 0250 a.m. here]

Best Wishes,

Colin McIntyre.[Bonnie Scotland]