Although it may seem to have little relevance to the subject of this post, I must blatantly hijack your title of "Dotty" to tell you of this "accident" which (I guarantee) will NOT be among the endless variety of calls you receive! There is an activity down our way (Cornwall) - Tombstoning. For those who may not know, this is the extreme sport of jumping into water (usually the sea) from various inanimate objects. This is usually a rock or jetty but sometimes (as evidenced recently) from a derelict building into an adjacent river! Anyway, my point in making this comment is to tell you of the latest instance - from a sea wall into the sea at Newquay. He had to be rescued, unconscious, by helicopter, suffered a broken leg and a fractured cheekbone and is now stable in hospital. He is a Newquay lifeguard!!! - and a member of the RNLI (who employ[ed] him) was quoted as saying ""We need to take it on the chin (classic comment, considering his fractured cheekbone!) learn from it and pass this experience on." A free pint, Tom, when you collect your first Newham tombstoning injury (with photo evidence!) Meldrewman