We regret that, after much thought, we have felt compelled to stop including links to other sites within our own.  This is not because we despise the conventional view that such links are judged favourably by the search-engines, nor because we do not wish to co-operate with other traders, but our feeling is that if we offer visitors a temptation to drift away in pursuit of other (and perhaps more immediately attractive) areas of interest, they will do so and will not trouble to come back;  and so we are likely to lose more than we gain by  providing these links.

We hope that those who do not share our perhaps unconventional view of the value and function of external links will respect our decision and will not feel aggrieved at our unwillingness to participate in the usual exchanges.