PS Andrew - I spent my uni days in Cardiff (Llandaff) (way back in the 1980s) whereabouts are you? I know there has been a lot of investment in Cardiff and if I came back I probably wouldnt recognise anywhere! Happy days and happy memories![/quote]

hi bernie, i live in roath at present, not too far from Llandaff. i don't know if you ever made it to roath park, but my allotment is near by. As cardiff goes, i barely recognise it myself these days. it always had a town feel, with the ammenities of a city, but it has become very conjested in the last few years. i rarely venture into the city centre but when i do its hard to believe the amount of change that goes on. Llandaff is now considered to be one of the most prosperous areas of cardiff, it's where all the 'actors' hang out, as its close to the bbc studios.

p.s (skegblade), not a bad idea about the fruit cage, cheers.