Thanks for the welcome!
Just received the C8-S in the post...So excited! Will have to wait until Christmas though. Feel like a kid again. The wife has no idea what it is.
I've been studying up on drift alignment and can't wait to give it a crack.
I got stellarium and yes, what an awesome piece of software!
Now I just have to avoid the urge of purchasing a skyfi and the pro version of skysafari for the iPad (i'm a sucker for tech as this often gets in the way of the point of the exercise!)