Two other pieces of good news are the fact I may be able to volunteer for a year in Cambodia (more of that another time) and I am still in the running for the one job I really want, running arts for older people in Herefordshire.
I shall no more on Monday.
Meanwhile, I came across this website about cell biology I really liked:
http://www.johnkyrk.com/index.html
The red snails have not yet returned. I will give them a few more days before concluding that I took them beyond their homing capabilities. It is a long journey across the car park, for a snail.