Thank you all for all your info and help. Definately going to have a try in the next few weeks. Not sure about tesco (a bit out the way), there's a lab reasonably close that have been recommended to me, so I'll get them to do the film the first time anyway.
Darren, that would be wonderful, thank you very much. Gary sometimes shoots with me and TBH I'm trying to get my Dad into photography too, so with 2 film SLRs I can show him the basics, without him saying I'm cheating by using digital
(he's a "show me and let me do" learner) and he can see if he likes proper cameras
Let me know if you haven't got my address though.
Sue, I'd love to compare notes and shots