Same wishy washy half apology for me as well.

With regards to Nigel's

'Also, although we'll probably never hear, English Nature and English Heritage and The Friends of the Ridgway and the Dept for the Environment ....'

Why don't we e-mail all of them about the ecology question & make sure that they get on NT's back? We may never get anything back on it, but at least we could do a bit of shit-stirring...

'Outraged of Northamptonshire'