On 1/14/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have some disappointing news that I have been agonising over for a few > weeks now. > > Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to GFM 06 through lack of > time :-((( > > With our working on, and moving into an old house that we are > renovating, I simply don't have any annual leave left that I can > allocate to a short trip to the USA. Money is less of a problem, as our > flexible (plastic) friends are always there to take the strain. However, > I have already used up nearly 15 days of my yearly allowance of 25 days > for leave, and we still have the family summer holidays and next > Christmas to come... > > The Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend is a special event > that brings back fond memories. Alas, for this year at least, it will > have to remain fond memories. Unless I hit the Lotto and chuck the > career, I can see no way past it. > > I will, of course, do my best to try for 2007 :-) > > I am now going to find a small dark room and cry for a bit. >
I was thinking of some humourous retort, but really, I can't do it. Too bad, Cotty; although I'm certainly looking forward to GFM generally, I was indeed looking forward to seeing you again. Here's hoping for 2007 - or that Big Lotto Win... <g> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
