Well, have moved on from my Sony A290, and moved up to a Nikon D5200, which I am very pleased with! Also added a Nikon 55-300 and Sigma 150-500 to my armoury, which I am looking forward to learning to use.
Challenges I have set myself for the coming year as follows:
1. Catch a decent photo of a Kingfisher
2. Photograph a heron in flight
3. Snap a meteor
4. Shoot some Lightning
5. Get some respectable pics from the Farnborough Airshow