Hello to all

[MightyMitre]

Nice to hear about you all.

I've got a bachelor of Arts degree in ... Ancient History.!!! Enjoyed doing it but is pretty useless for any kind of a career. 8 years on from graduating I'm now half way through a 2 year diploma in Environmental Policy, which I'm doing as distance learning. I managed to pass the first year - got the results last week and feel proud I managed to make it as far as the exam, what with work, cycling, home etc.

My fiance Ben is also a cyclist. He's written a several of articles for cyclingnews.com and tends to do long distance sportif courses, but it's great to have someone to ride with when you feel like it.

Da Vinci Code: enjoyed it. A good read but I thought the big info downloads were a bit like reading a text book with bits of story added in to vaguely link it all together. I also didn't really feel I got to know the lead guy very well ( can't even remember his name, but know he had a Micky Mouse watch. )

OTOH - I found all the stuff about how the sacred power of women has been undermined over the year was fascinating.

!!! Ah - look's like there's an arts nerd loose in the forum . I'm already incredibly short sighted and we've got way too many books stacked up round our place.