I received the boards from the board house, they look ace... But.. The footprint I used for the SOIC28 (the PIC) is out by 1mm. :-( Usually, when I do my own boards, I have a process to check all this; I rushed it and skipped a few checks on my checklist, one of them was to confirm this footprint. I didnt, and well, it does not fit :-( I might try some bodge wires!!! I wanted this board to run some xmas lights.. So, bodge wires may help me out here. :-) We'll see.

Due to xmas being around the corner, I dont really have time to fix this and get another board done by the 22nd. I will complete the board as I really need these boards, but, i doubt it will happen before xmas and therefore before the comp ends.

Sorry all; This comp was ace, and I have actually learnt more doing this than rolling my own boards in my kitchen/garage.