blimey Hendon is well out of London, or was when i was living there, are you getting sorted Jno?. Neti, My Mums next door worked in the power station, He was involved in the decomissioning (unscrewing things and moving large chunks of metal) and then retired to sussex to live with his son. Its SUCH FUN here. I have got one of those taps that has got an option to dispense filtered water with a filter system in the cupboard under the sink. We need it here because the water is so hard. anyway brita stopped making the cartridges for mine so I switched over to an aftermarket filter. It was a swine to fit and the connector has always oozed a tiny bit bit I sat it in a bucket and all was fine.....until sunday night when I found that the leak had gone from an ooze to a squirt and my kitchen was definitely swampy. I spent sunday night slapping silicone sealer all over the filter connectors and had to have the water off sunday night because the sink water on off valves cannot be reached by old ladies with bad backs. Anyway leak is back to an ooze and I have got a nice man coming in two weeks to fit me a new tap and filter system. He really is a nice man, he's the man who services my whole house softener so i trust him to find me a new tap system and quote for it. in other news, 7000 tons of textiles have gone out to the sally ann bins and 8 boxes of odds and ends and books have gone off to charity shops so go me. Stay well all.