Hi all and thanks for the responses. And sorry for my tardy thanks, but (and this is very embarrassing) I forgot to bookmark this web site, and it's taken me almost three months to refind this site!! Ay ya!!
So happy new year, and thanks again for the help.
Oh, and a couple of you asked where I am . . . in the sparse countryside of eastern England, where the roads are narrow, often covered in farm-mud, laced in old oak trees, and full of twists and turns.