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Levelup, yes let's not forget that. As an aside after coffee with JP on Wednesday, he was going straight to Gatwick to fly to Barcelona. Now I don't know why but I guess it has something to do with meeting that Spanish pipeline consortium...he never said & I, unfortunately, did not ask..........

Jarrovian, we are talking about a National Park. If we do not look after our 10 national Parks in England then what hope is there for this green & pleasant land? As for splendid views off the coast...we have the massive Rampion off-shore wind farm & that is entirely appropriate, even though you can see hundreds of turbines just a few miles out to sea. If energy developments can be proved not to destroy the landscape or be too detrimental I'm all for them. I still don't understand why the RSC pulled their sponsorship deal with BP that allowed for 16-25-year-olds to obtain heavily subsidised (£5) tickets
- how do these kids that agitated for the cut think they get to such performances if it were not for the likes of BP & Shell? I'm a pragmatist: Peirce's pragmatic maxim states "Consider the practical effects of the objects of your conception. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object." But in the case of energy production, this must always be balanced with conservation of the natural landscape. I gave up many days & weeks to fight for the South Downs to become the National Park they should have been when the Hobhouse report was published in 1957 so I do have a stake in such matters. Besides that, it is fairly academic as I don't believe there are hydrocarbons beneath the chalk bedrock that could be extracted without causing an undue & excessive amount of damage to the delicate environment. This may not be the case in the Weald on a permanent basis where the extraction of iron ore for Henry Vlll fleet cannons was obtained in Tudor times but now you would hardly know it had happened by glancing around at the natural beauty today.

With respect, Gekko...youre fired! You failed to realise the importance of the MOU & you assume that no news is bad news...I beg to differ on both counts!

Partridge (& Gekko et all), I certainly did not interpret the signing of the MOU as pointless or of no importance; quite the contrary. This is seen as a big deal! I don't blame you for being pessimistic but neither do I believe we are dealing with a leopard - with or without spots - or even a history of acne! Sure there has been missed timelines & I did mention this...but this is O&G & timelines do slip, for whatever reason...just ask Boris! The intention is to sign off on the GSA by year-end. We talked about the lack of CPRs on our huge permit area - but the Company felt they & partners Schlumberger were best placed to determine resource base & that they really did not have much faith in the available independent sources. I must say the way Brian & JP explained it I had to agree - waste of money & potentially no added value whatsoever! There was mention of a possible shareholder meet post-marketing process & I took that to mean ala Balls Brothers or similar. Guess we will soon find out.

Pont, you do make me laugh!! People have been trying to read between the lines to the extent of interpreting the meaning of tea, coffee & cake. I'm not freakin James Bond & neither is James Parsons & we don't work for MI6...lol! My license is not 007 - it's P90 SOU! What a laugh. More humour is needed when dealing with AIM but please don't anyone twist that as a result of my coffee/chat yesterday...I personally left feeling all is in good hands & that MOU was a definite stride in the right direction!

andy, I can assure you I have never met Mahatma before.

Jez, I passed a Miller & Carter on the way out of Sevenoaks - any good? I don't think we have that chain down in West Sussex.

Gekko, now you're talking! I'm still lusting after that Caterham. I met a Spanish fellow when I test drove a Caterham & he had flown over from Barcelona, driven one & ordered whilst he was there. He emailed the other day to say he drove it back from Caterham Deutschland all the way to Barcelona in the rain...I said have you got a death wish amigo! I am trying to get him to ferry it across for next year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. We can host him in the GRRC Kinrara Enclosure & he will have a great time!

Birdbath, I have a spare £5k I am thinking of topping up with!
BTW, Moroccoknows sends his regards to all.

Lostallfaith, I am certainly not spinning anything so you can forget that!
Partridge, yes I know Fred & have met him a few times over the years. He is french; a very likable fellow & expert on international company law.

KTF lol...but JP was genuinely excited by that MOU & I do think there is an obvious & understandable disconnect between PIs & the Company. Obviously they know much more than they are able to let on & quite a few investors here are underwater. So it is understandable they receive plenty of distressing emails but I got the feeling some were very on the edge & over the edge of reason & acceptability. But hopefully not long to wait for our fate to be known if that end of year deadline is to be met...GSA, FID & LE - or carry on drilling!

trellis, fortunately, I live on the chalk & not in the Western Weald where there does seem to be lots of interest in the potentially huge hydrocarbon reserves. I know the good folk of the beautiful Vale of Fernhurst were none too pleased to discover what they were sitting on top of - they soon mobilised! So I don't think my idyll is in any imminent danger from 'the frackers'! Otherwise it would have to be NIMBY for the sake of preserving such an important landscape as the Sussex Downs - one which I campaigned strenuously for with my Southdowns Society (formerly Society of Sussex Downsmen) colleagues.

OK guys, what can I say. I was a bit disappointed the last Earl Grey tea bag had been used & the only tea on offer was 'builders'! But after tea fresh coffee was proffered & accepted with alacrity, along with some splendid mince pies & Victoria sponge! I found the company (James, Brian, Sarah & lawyer Fred) most congenial as we sat & chatted in the boardroom & the time flew by all too quickly. I did not discuss much in the way of current events (for obvious reasons) but they did seem very enthused about the recent signing of the 'MOU'! On the way out I helped myself to a couple more of their most excellent mince pies & was on my merry way to my next engagement...but this really was just a drop-in for a coffee & say hi - nothing more than that!

Crude

Jesus Jones...what date I am in Sevenoaks hardly matters. As it happens, I am trying to accomodate visiting HQ with my plans to visit Sevenoaks...which are two different matters & require a level of coordination.
Regarding my SIPP - you still have no idea whatsoever about the concept of 'Drawdown'! Do some some basis research...one day it could come in handy...if you live that long!

Longwait, your example only goes to show how modern-day soundbites & posts can be twisted to suit personal agendas. 'Left, Right' assertions do not begin to describe a person's true feelings...they are just labels that have seemingly always been hung around a persons neck for the convenience of lazy keyboard warriors - or before the internet, the newspapers!

My humble apologies for being so'boorish' but I have some typing to do for wifey & she is being quite insistent now. However, I will defend my good name & will not have the likes of Mahatma drag it down into the mud pool that he seems to inhabit...BFN!

Mahatma (Shaun) - you really don't get it do you! You assume all folk who voted/campaigned to leave are somehow tainted by some sort of 'ism'! Your assumptions of me are outrageous & so skewed that anyone reading your assessment of me would be dumbfounded & confused as to who you were talking about! I am not the person you think I am!

Jez, I have always been a Conservative voter & only joined the rebellion after the Lisbon Treaty. Maastricht was a bridge too far but Lisbon was a kick in the teeth! If only the people of the Uk could have been assured of no further federalization then all this chaos might have been avoided. However, people like John Major made it impossible to trust the future motives of the EU & we are where we are as a result!

Shaun, you know who you are but you have no idea who I am! How dare you accuse me of such base beliefs! You don't even have the courage or balls to admit who you really are - that small-minded nasty piece of work who sits behind a keyboard & makes false assumptions based on his own narrow mindedness!

Esox, feel free to post something interesting - I can't be fagged!

Of course, I meant Shaungreen could not disguise his identity. How can you suppress all that angst whilst trying to change your ID? It just burns through everything....