> You see, without doing down Norwich Union, which I'm sure is a fine workplace, given the choice between working there and going home to Colchester, I'd go home. I just don't think I would survive behind a desk at the moment...I'd rather work in a shop or a cafe I think...

Heh, I don't work for them directly, just for the firm that has the contract to replace all their computers. It's not really a lot more than a call cntre, a place I'd hate to work in, too.

> Just don't attempt Riverside on a Friday night (or any night really) if what you want is a 'quiet night out'. Girls in bikinis and furry boots dance on podiums in the 'lovely' club Squares.

Ah, yes, I know the type of thing. We have them around here, too.

> I hope your computer installations went well, did you check out the climbing wall at the Uni? It *is* you that climbs isn't it? Or has my time away scrambled my head?

Well, it was a good try, but that's Bourne, the mad chemist from Scotland. I'm the original Essex lad, living down the road in Grays for a while and now ensconced in Basildon, but originally a Colchester resident.

Bea"Well, born in Dovercourt, to be precise, but moved away when I was three months old."sty