MrB if you want any reassurance about the new discord.... its up and running... same people (in fact a couple of forumites who perhaps haven't been regulars recently are signed up).
Its bowling along nicely.... same threads, similar conversations.... very early days but yesterday was relatively busy compared to recent months on the forum (it could of course be the novelty value of a new toy!).... i think the nature of being able to fire off messages almost like a "live chat/whatsapp" makes people more inclined to fire off quick replies....
The ability to post photos/pics very easily is also being utilised.... (Noel appears to be particularly pleased about being able to post GIFs

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