Hi John and all other dialists, It was an even better meeting than some in that the sun shone and the Somerville lecturer made it! Many thanks to Doug Bateman and everyone else who organised it. It was a particular pleasure to meet John Carmichael for the first time and to welcome back several old friends from the USA, Germany and Ireland. Fred Sawyer once more taught us our own history and left us with a brilliant nomogram I had never seen before. John explained his stone working techniques and has inspired me to try them out. Other non-UK enthusiasts should mark 2003 in their diaries, when the conference will be in Oxford and we will make extra efforts to get international attendees and even more top-class academic speakers. If you can't wait till then, there's Exeter in 2002.
Best wishes to all Chris 51.4N, 1.3W
