Maybe I started a bit strong! In fact my life is quite cushty. I'm quite an optimist really

. The whinge at the start was more anger about having a long standing career path destroyed over the past few years. Still, might have a shot a becoming a helicopter pilot soon, we shall see.
Shanedennis and Boatman, you chaps have hit the nail on the
head, though I think I'd set my sights a bit further than the coasts of the UK, with the right skills of course.
Sorry, Tim; For those of you who don't get the Margaret reference:
It was related to my asking of such an obscure bit of information. There aren't many guys round here named Margaret

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Anyway, thanks for the interest everyone.