I'm shocked and very much saddened to hear of Les's passing. I like many of you thought he was just giving chi a miss for a while as he has done in the past. Never dreamt in a million years that it would be so final and my last post to him was asking for a red hot tip to which there was no reply. I will miss his friendly banter, wonderful sense of humour and his daily comments on players' achievements in the 7-by-many puzzles to which Alan referred. He will be sorely missed here in the forum and my thoughts go out to his family. RIP Les