Good luck lads. I have been trying the letters and even put in a stamped addressed envelope with a business card and and reply slip. I must admit that the response to this technique has been very dissapointing but it helps you understand how difficult getting a permission is. Your attitude is very commendible and if you were in my neck of the woods I would certainly let you shoot with me as a guest. It took me over 12 months to get my first permission so I understand how hard it seems to get a shoot. All I can say is keep trying. From what I now know you would be better off driving around the country lanes and talking to the tractor drivers coming in and out of the fields. This time of year the farmers are busy trying to get in the last of the hay and cereal crops and poughing for next year so have a quick read up on farming and show an interest in what they are doing when (if) you manage to catch one coming out of his field.