I wondered where you had vanished to. Hope all is well! 
Hey Nicholas! Am good, keeping busy and out of mischief (for the most part). How's yourself? I seem to remember you were considering moving out of the UK, at least when he-who-shall-not-be-named was prime-minister. Did you ever manage to escape?
Still stubbornly refusing to join the (if you believe the newspapers) right-wing anti-Europen rising of UK and Europe, and foolishly turning to localism and community-based values instead.
Sold all my miggy gear about 3 years ago in order to set up in business: things are going according to plan so far, just about to expand later this year in partnership with a couple of other tradesmen. A large part of the business is installling solid fuel stoves (as well as maintaining all types of solid fuel appliance): it may sound fairly absurd as a business idea, but ethically it is a good fit for me - not only reducing domestic carbon emissions, but also in freeing people from the serfdom of fuel dependence from the fossil-fuel megaindustries.
My main problem is getting my lazy ass out of bed in the morning, but at least when I do sleep in I don't have to think of some crappy excuse and call it in to my boss. :-)
