Well I arrived after a longish drive (4 hours) at 09:15 Saturday morning and went to look for the folks I needed to see. When I found John it seems he forgot to bring my sheaf down so a wasted trip for that one. I did however find a new set of RCBS dies with shell holder included in .243 for £20 a couple of .24 P-H brushes, one on a yellow card (how old?) for £5 and a copy of Professional Gunsmithing by Howe for £20 which I promptly left on my friend's kitchen table when I came home
they are going to pop it in the post to me 
Looked at a couple of Ross Model 1905 sporters but both were overpriced and the cheaper of the two £400 had a washed out bore, didn't see a model 1910 or M10 in .280 which I suppose is lucky as I could not afford it right now.
Saw a few old friends and as already noted the weather was great I didn't get to go over to the firing points not even the running deer.