Another forum member sent me a private message recently. He'd seen, from a post I'd submitted, that I was looking for a sub, but was totally new to this kinda thing. So he thought it might interest others if I wrote a journal of my experience.

Others may not agree about the "interesting" bit, but I thought I might give it a whirl.
So here's part one of an occasional diary - very occasional, probably, as things are progressing quite slowly. Not that I'm complaining: I want...