Thanks for your interest Phil, Beatrice and Patsy. I am still waiting for my new camera but i have been promised it now before mid Feb when we go to Madeira so that I can take some good shots ( I hope). I am also going to take some sketching gear and force myself to not worry about being conspicuous and actually do some sketches. ( I say this to myself each holiday and usually I come back with an empty pad!) Does sketching / painting in public bother you?