So, have you demotorised yet? Has anybody?

This next long link is OT but bears consideration ( http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/forecaster-predicts-brutal-uk-winter-weather-for-2011-2012/ ). Our local hedgerow birds - in the city - suffered a sharp decline with last year's freeze. There's few places to roost and usual food sources disappear. The herons were pitifully wasted by the time the thaw came. Conventional forecasters are suggesting a mild winter however ...