Many thanks guys. Yes Bodo- and I've been neglecting that lately. The books I've been reading are riding technique books, less suited to extracting quotations. I'll post some excerpts soon. I have ordered in a new traveller's book and look forward to sharing it. But that's yet another thing that's become more expensive since the gummint whacked GST on all imports. When the GST was first mooted, books were to be exempted because of their educational value, but it's hard to balance the budget when there are fat cat Public "Servants" to be paid well over $250K per year, and then there's the 15% superannuation they award themselves...