I took up the challenge of ACDsee Pro 6 with grave miss givings. However after a lot of work I believe I've got it sorted. The problem causing the program to be painfully slow and unstable turned out to be (Surprise Surprise) just what their tech support suggested. some dodgy file names with illegal characters and some corrupt files. Finding them was a real pain and I'll know to pay more attention in the future.

Shall I continue to use ACDsee Pro 6? Yes for some situations. The shear power of Lightroom 4.2 will still ensure its No.1 but the convenience of ACDsee and its familiarity after all these years will keep me going back.

Still working away at the wildflowers although I'm close to deciding on the specific images for the Blurg Book. The Avan Cruiseliner will get a work out over the next week, I shall be traveling to Wangaratta with our Probus group to check out the wineries and the scenery. This is the first time this has been possible over more than a year. Here's a link to their information centre for those like me who are not familiar with this Victorian town  http://www.visitwangaratta.com.au/   Hopefully I'll return with some worthwhile images and not to many hangovers! - Peter C