As anyone with a modicum of awareness will have noticed, Bertha has been on hold for rather too long a time. This has not been out of laziness on my part, but because I am currently deep in what we corporate scriptwriters laughingly refer to as the 'silly season'. Which this year has proved to be rather sillier than usual, I may say.

Hang in there, chaps. The 'ole battlebus will get rolling again some time in the new year, I'm sure. This story has been 30 years in the telling, so I figure a couple more months ain't a-gonna make THAT much difference.

Love, Mark