Well, here we go

New to this whole blogging lark, so please bear with me (I know that'll be taken as an invitation to pick holes and fling abuse)
Expect, if I can make it work, laughter, tears, tantrums, hideous breaches of professional confidentiality, a fair degree of ranting, and perhaps some useful information about the life of a Conservation Officer at a small English local council, dealing with people who've bought a historic building, and want to know "what can I do with it?" (Standard first answer, "What have you done that for? go and buy a nice new house on a Barratt estate and never darken my in-tray again" - you wouldn't believe how much time and heartache that can save)