Sadly, Blim was once again to face the four dead walls of his cell at Barlinnie, for having dined that evening in Guernsey at the house of world famous artist and admirer Eric Snell - Blim returned to his accommodation only to set alight to the hotel after an unfortunate incident with an overfilled ‘Bong.’

A year later, and now on day release Blim offered up his new piece ‘Lake’ at the Xtrax Arts Festival in Manchester, but when his back was turned the finished canvas was stolen from the easel, such is the demand for his distinctive work. Blim took it in his stride at first… “It was obviously art-theft to order!” he informed the Press, until an all night session on Skunk and Whisky took it’s inevitable toll and found the lake now overflowing with bruised Mancunians and a couple of armed police-men who should have known better than to intervene.