Dear all I hope it wasn't that much of a shock! I'm sad to be casting the BW ropes off mainly because I won't be able to contribute and help you out (or argue, depending on your point of view!) from an official capacity in the future. But that's not to say I can't help out 'unofficially' is it??! I intnd to stick around, although bearing in mind once upon a time a certain contributor felt that as a BW employee I shouldn't even be 'here', if anyone's got any objections let's hear them now :->
You've been very kind in what you're written regarding my departure. I didn't expect the comments to the degree that they've been made and it's both cheered and saddened me in equal measure. frankly. It's always been a complete pleasure to contribute here and elsewhere, made very easy because I have a strong personal belief in the waterways, their history, their participants and their future. Just to clear one small matter up (Sue), I 'jumped' and certainly wasn't 'pushed'. And no, this isn't to spend more time with my family either. With a new mouth to feed it's hardly the best time to leave a permanent job. My decision was taken a little while ago, and while you can speculate until the cows come home, I will simply say that I don't feel I can help BW anymore at this current time. But since I don't have anything bigger and better to go to job wise right now, if there's someone or something out there who'd appreciate my professional help, please put them in touch. Waterways-related would be great, but so would anything else so long as I can use my skills to best effect and hopefully continue what I've been doing for a few years now. By the way, while those skills are as a professional communicator, they are not based on any skills that Monty Pannesar may have, contrary to reports in recent waterways press articles.... My personal email address is full first and second name interspersed with a dot at googlemail.com. Very best wishes, Eugene
