Kev,
Go for a collaspable manfrotto monopod, £13.99 from MyMemory.co.uk, very light and also acts as a hold me up stick in the early hours at LM.
Lens filters are just a few quid, I have a UV filter on both lenses.
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Well done Kev, welcome to the canon club 
Oulton Park here you come....Easter Monday for th first round of the British GT Championship!
That’s a good idea
brothers got me a memory card and camera bag for my birthday and I want to get a tripod next (may if I can decide what I want) geta UWA (ultra wide angle) Lens rather than fish eye and maybe a filter kit
The term don’t run before you can walk comes to mind tho 
Oulton park sounds like a plan tho as we take the work van of my mate and sit on the roof :lol:
We should make the next North West meet at Oulton on the 24th March (Easter Monday)
