on a personal level, the project was extremely stimulating and invigorating. Hard work - yes - but I believe in hard work and there was so little time to be idle. I feel so much richer for having taken part. It is as if my brain has been re-ignited after a period of retirement in which it risked becoming a dull ember - a fire going out. I re-utilised skills that had not been practised for over seven years. Perhaps these skills were appreciated by the learners and teachers.