Dear Bernard, My main reason for contacting you is to try and find out when I can get the next part of the Saxon Stories. I have read some of your other works but have really got into this series. You mention that Bamburgh is close to your heart and I share your feelings as I live a few miles away in Belford with great views looking to the left to Holy Island and to the right Bamburgh Castle. I’m sure your thoughts and plans for developing the story of Uhtred are made but my love for this part of England is such that maybe you could bring some reference to St Cuthbert and the magical feeling of Lindisfarne and the Abbey …OK I will leave you to be the story teller. Have you ever been to St Cuthberts Cave which is just North of Belford? If you are into horse riding there is a new stable where you can trek around the area and get the feeling that our ancestor’s would have felt. I guess you have a 1001 contacts but I do offer a warm Northumbrian welcome to you and your family if ever you are in these Northern parts! Kind regards Colin