Thanks very much everybody. I still feel gutted at the moment, but I do very much appreciate the moral support.
I was due to spend Easter at a charity fly-in in Ireland and I'm still planning to make that, albeit for a much shorter visit now, in an aircraft borrowed from a friend, so the bastards haven't grounded me yet!
My aircraft is insured, but I suspect that the time required to process a claim, whether write-off or repair, will consume the summer at least.
Thanks again,
FS.