Greetings, Donna
One of the side benefits of the Board is that you learn all sorts of way-out stuff from members' Board names. E.g how many of us knew who Schrodinger's cat was before joining? Or that Leaf by Niggle is a book by Tolkien? Tarda is either Latin for late (humble self has A level Latin!!) or a variety of tulip or mushroom - if none of these, I am sure she will put us right.
Hope to see you at Cropredy.
Malcolm of Farnham
Otis tarda = the great bustard - extinct in the UK but subject of a reintroduction programme on the Salisbury plains. See my avatar(da)
Literal translation is "slow bird", which somehow seemed appropriate at the time! Maybe I should change to the tulip?
Gill (slow but steady!)