This evening's Adventures From The Bottom Of A Pint Glass/Wine Bottle marked the official goodbye to the 2006-2007 Sabbatical team, and the beginning of the 2007-2008 Sabbatical period.

I'm too tired (read: "not safe to drive") after a day of training with the NUS's Jim Dickinson - a man so full of beans first thing in the morning, watching him is like trying to stare at the sun - to go into any grandiose précis of The Big Picture for the year ahead, not that we've worked such a thing out, or to write out beautifully crafted and wonderfully worded Thankyous to the out-going Sabb team, so here's as much as I can muster...

Adrian "Fraggy", Chris "Yorkie" Yorke (or "Big Nose", if you prefer), Diana "Disney" Langford, Mike "Potter" Rayner, Elle "Fairy" Gray and Jodie "?" Austin - thankyou for doing what you did for the last one (and in some cases two) years. Personally, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to sit you all down and bounce some of my mad-cap ideas off you, but your input over the coming months in my projects is not only welcome; it would be greatly appreciated, so if you can still stand to be in the same room as me, do drop by and share your opinions ;o)

Elle, Andy, Kat, Darby and Ben - let's f***in' 'ave some!

p.s. If, for some reason, you've read this far and you haven't a clue what a Sabb is (clue: it's not a Swedish car...), this and this might help. Or not...

/Al - my head's going to be really sore tomorrow morning...