Cutty Dyer

Second that. A £5 tick remover is a good investment - don't be tempted to try to remove ticks with your fingers, accidental compression of the tick's abdomen can cause its stomach contents to be squeezed back into the blood stream of its host (being you). For good advice on all things tick see: http://www.tickbitepreventionweek.org/index.html

Dave, Keep us posted. I popped my application in the post at the end of April (also Devon & Cornwall) - I'm interested to see how long the process will roughly take.

A little off topic, but that's a great photo - what's the bloody great trench system that you're standing in?