Don't know how it is in northern England, southern Scotland currently, but it's getting tense here.  (Old guys like me, who have stuck their minority opinions into controversial situations, have an acute sense of dangerous levels of tension.)

I'm actually still working on your/our principles.  If you can help me find $300k, we can do the land phase of workforce housing in Carson, WA with a guaranteed 5% for investors.  I'm good for $30k, and Steve N. might be interested.  LLC with builders and suppliers at-cost for labor and materials with (reasonable) profit as their buy-in on the long term.

Another (producers') co-op project involves chipper, dump truck, and track-skidder for forest-health/fuel-reduction thinning operations cum woody biomass energy-source purpose.  I'd diary that and several related topics, but I just don't have time at present.  I'm going off to Texas April 7 for a visit, then driving back over 8 days.  Should be able to elaborate then.

paul spencer