...thanks all for the feedback. it was a pleasure - though some what technically demanding putting them up!
so i have to thank Dowly for his 'HOW TO' thread.
i was thinking of all Simers here and felt quite excited at reporting back...cheers!
i have a number of others but the problem is the map was so big i had to take the photo in sections and have no idea how to present the sections here as a whole? not even sure if they would all corrolate if i did manage to do it.