Hullo all, just a quick no-pic update as today has been the breakthrough day, as in, the moment it's all come together and I've felt bearded again, not just fuzzy-faced. I was over at my dentist's early this morning filling out some forms at the reception desk, with my beard crimped from half an hour on the chair, stache pointing east and southwest at the same time. Then as soon as I made for the exit I saw a guy in the queue sporting an almost irritatingly perfect medium length blonde beard. A matter of seconds and I realised he was looking straight at mine - whether gloating in his own superiority or with a sense of pity for the underdog, who knows but the look was there. Then I was out on the street, saw my face reflected in a window and thought "Hell yeah, you are there aren't you". Good times! 

Later on I told my boss at work about the Fools challenge and his reaction was "I'd better prepare for three months of insanity then, I suppose". Even so, he has no idea

All the best, gentlemen!