diff --git a/core/forms.py b/core/forms.py
index a7b000f..7816014 100644
--- a/core/forms.py
+++ b/core/forms.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class EntranceLetterForm(ModelForm):
         model = CaveAndEntrance
         exclude = ('cave', 'entrance')
 
+#This was all commneted out by Martin Green in 2012 !
 #class PersonForm(ModelForm):
 #    class Meta:
 #        model = Person
diff --git a/core/views_logbooks.py b/core/views_logbooks.py
index 31b046e..92be4cc 100644
--- a/core/views_logbooks.py
+++ b/core/views_logbooks.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ def get_absolute_url(self):
     return ('expedition', (expedition.year))
 
 class ExpeditionListView(ListView):
-
     model = Expedition
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ class ExpeditionListView(ListView):
         context['now'] = timezone.now()
         return context
 
-
 def person(request, first_name='', last_name='', ):
     this_person = Person.objects.get(first_name = first_name, last_name = last_name)
     
@@ -168,82 +166,83 @@ def personForm(request,pk):
     form=PersonForm(instance=person)
     return render(request,'personform.html', {'form':form,})
 
-@login_required_if_public
-def newLogbookEntry(request, expeditionyear, pdate = None, pslug = None):
-    expedition = Expedition.objects.get(year=expeditionyear)
-    PersonTripFormSet, TripForm = getTripForm(expedition)
-    if pslug and pdate:
-        previousdate = datetime.date(*[int(x) for x in pdate.split("-")])
-        previouslbe = LogbookEntry.objects.get(slug = pslug, date = previousdate, expedition = expedition)
-        assert previouslbe.filename
-    if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
-        tripForm = TripForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
-        personTripFormSet = PersonTripFormSet(request.POST)
-        if tripForm.is_valid() and personTripFormSet.is_valid(): # All validation rules pass
-            dateStr = tripForm.cleaned_data["date"].strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-            directory = os.path.join(settings.EXPOWEB, 
-                                    "years", 
-                                    expedition.year, 
-                                    "autologbook")
-            filename = os.path.join(directory, 
-                                    dateStr + "." + slugify(tripForm.cleaned_data["title"])[:50] + ".html")
-            if not os.path.isdir(directory):
-                os.mkdir(directory)
-            if pslug and pdate:
-                delLogbookEntry(previouslbe)
-            f = open(filename, "w")
-            template = loader.get_template('dataformat/logbookentry.html')
-            context = Context({'trip': tripForm.cleaned_data, 
-                               'persons': personTripFormSet.cleaned_data,
-                               'date': dateStr,
-                               'expeditionyear': expeditionyear})
-            f.write(template.render(context))
-            f.close()
-            print((logbookparsers.parseAutoLogBookEntry(filename)))
-            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('expedition', args=[expedition.year])) # Redirect after POST
-    else:
-        if pslug and pdate:
-            if previouslbe.cave:
-                tripForm = TripForm(initial={"date": previousdate,
-                                             "title": previouslbe.title,
-                                             "cave": previouslbe.cave.reference(),
-                                             "location": None,
-                                             "caveOrLocation": "cave",
-                                             "html": previouslbe.text})
-            else:
-                tripForm = TripForm(initial={"date": previousdate,
-                                             "title": previouslbe.title,
-                                             "cave": None,
-                                             "location": previouslbe.place,
-                                             "caveOrLocation": "location",
-                                             "html": previouslbe.text})
-            personTripFormSet = PersonTripFormSet(initial=[{"name": get_name(py.personexpedition), 
-                                                            "TU": py.time_underground, 
-                                                            "author": py.is_logbook_entry_author}
-                                                           for py in previouslbe.persontrip_set.all()])
-        else:        
-            tripForm = TripForm() # An unbound form
-            personTripFormSet = PersonTripFormSet()
+# tried to delete all this, and the reference in urls.py, but got impenetrable django error message
+# @login_required_if_public
+# def newLogbookEntry(request, expeditionyear, pdate = None, pslug = None):
+    # expedition = Expedition.objects.get(year=expeditionyear)
+    # PersonTripFormSet, TripForm = getTripForm(expedition)
+    # if pslug and pdate:
+        # previousdate = datetime.date(*[int(x) for x in pdate.split("-")])
+        # previouslbe = LogbookEntry.objects.get(slug = pslug, date = previousdate, expedition = expedition)
+        # assert previouslbe.filename
+    # if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
+        # tripForm = TripForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
+        # personTripFormSet = PersonTripFormSet(request.POST)
+        # if tripForm.is_valid() and personTripFormSet.is_valid(): # All validation rules pass
+            # dateStr = tripForm.cleaned_data["date"].strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+            # directory = os.path.join(settings.EXPOWEB, 
+                                    # "years", 
+                                    # expedition.year, 
+                                    # "autologbook")
+            # filename = os.path.join(directory, 
+                                    # dateStr + "." + slugify(tripForm.cleaned_data["title"])[:50] + ".html")
+            # if not os.path.isdir(directory):
+                # os.mkdir(directory)
+            # if pslug and pdate:
+                # delLogbookEntry(previouslbe)
+            # f = open(filename, "w")
+            # template = loader.get_template('dataformat/logbookentry.html')
+            # context = Context({'trip': tripForm.cleaned_data, 
+                               # 'persons': personTripFormSet.cleaned_data,
+                               # 'date': dateStr,
+                               # 'expeditionyear': expeditionyear})
+            # f.write(template.render(context))
+            # f.close()
+            # print((logbookparsers.parseAutoLogBookEntry(filename)))
+            # return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('expedition', args=[expedition.year])) # Redirect after POST
+    # else:
+        # if pslug and pdate:
+            # if previouslbe.cave:
+                # tripForm = TripForm(initial={"date": previousdate,
+                                             # "title": previouslbe.title,
+                                             # "cave": previouslbe.cave.reference(),
+                                             # "location": None,
+                                             # "caveOrLocation": "cave",
+                                             # "html": previouslbe.text})
+            # else:
+                # tripForm = TripForm(initial={"date": previousdate,
+                                             # "title": previouslbe.title,
+                                             # "cave": None,
+                                             # "location": previouslbe.place,
+                                             # "caveOrLocation": "location",
+                                             # "html": previouslbe.text})
+            # personTripFormSet = PersonTripFormSet(initial=[{"name": get_name(py.personexpedition), 
+                                                            # "TU": py.time_underground, 
+                                                            # "author": py.is_logbook_entry_author}
+                                                           # for py in previouslbe.persontrip_set.all()])
+        # else:        
+            # tripForm = TripForm() # An unbound form
+            # personTripFormSet = PersonTripFormSet()
 
-    return render(request, 'newlogbookentry.html', {
-        'tripForm': tripForm,
-        'personTripFormSet': personTripFormSet,
+    # return render(request, 'newlogbookentry.html', {
+        # 'tripForm': tripForm,
+        # 'personTripFormSet': personTripFormSet,
 
-    })
+    # })
 
-@login_required_if_public
-def deleteLogbookEntry(request, expeditionyear, date = None, slug = None):
-    expedition = Expedition.objects.get(year=expeditionyear)
-    previousdate = datetime.date(*[int(x) for x in date.split("-")])
-    previouslbe = LogbookEntry.objects.get(slug = slug, date = previousdate, expedition = expedition)
-    delLogbookEntry(previouslbe)
-    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('expedition', args=[expedition.year])) # Redirect after POST
+# @login_required_if_public
+# def deleteLogbookEntry(request, expeditionyear, date = None, slug = None):
+    # expedition = Expedition.objects.get(year=expeditionyear)
+    # previousdate = datetime.date(*[int(x) for x in date.split("-")])
+    # previouslbe = LogbookEntry.objects.get(slug = slug, date = previousdate, expedition = expedition)
+    # delLogbookEntry(previouslbe)
+    # return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('expedition', args=[expedition.year])) # Redirect after POST
 
-def delLogbookEntry(lbe):
-    for pt in lbe.persontrip_set.all():
-        pt.delete()
-    lbe.delete()
-    os.remove(lbe.filename)
+# def delLogbookEntry(lbe):
+    # for pt in lbe.persontrip_set.all():
+        # pt.delete()
+    # lbe.delete()
+    # os.remove(lbe.filename)
 
 def get_people(request, expeditionslug):
     exp = Expedition.objects.get(year = expeditionslug)
diff --git a/templates/expedition.html b/templates/expedition.html
index b5b58a8..a93215b 100644
--- a/templates/expedition.html
+++ b/templates/expedition.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ an "S" for a survey trip.  The colours are the same for people on the same trip.
 <form action="" method="GET"><input type="submit" name="reload" value="Reload"></form>
 
 <h3>Logbooks and survey trips per day</h3>
-<a href="{% url "newLogBookEntry" expeditionyear=expedition.year %}">New logbook entry</a>
+
 <table class="expeditionlogbooks">
 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Logged trips</th><th>Surveys</th></tr>
 {% regroup dateditems|dictsort:"date" by date as dates %}
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index bf0646e..74b0064 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ actualurlpatterns = [
     url(r'^expeditions/?$',     views_logbooks.ExpeditionListView.as_view(), name="expeditions"),
     url(r'^personexpedition/(?P<first_name>[A-Z]*[a-z&;]*)[^a-zA-Z]*(?P<last_name>[A-Z]*[a-zA-Z&;]*)/(?P<year>\d+)/?$', views_logbooks.personexpedition, name="personexpedition"),
     url(r'^logbookentry/(?P<date>.*)/(?P<slug>.*)/?$', views_logbooks.logbookentry,name="logbookentry"),
-    url(r'^newlogbookentry/(?P<expeditionyear>.*)$', views_logbooks.newLogbookEntry,     name="newLogBookEntry"), # Needed !
+#    url(r'^newlogbookentry/(?P<expeditionyear>.*)$', views_logbooks.newLogbookEntry,     name="newLogBookEntry"), # Needed !
 #    url(r'^editlogbookentry/(?P<expeditionyear>[^/]*)/(?P<pdate>[^/]*)/(?P<pslug>[^/]*)/$', views_logbooks.newLogbookEntry,     name="editLogBookEntry"), # working !
 #    url(r'^deletelogbookentry/(?P<expeditionyear>[^/]*)/(?P<date>[^/]*)/(?P<slug>[^/]*)/$', views_logbooks.deleteLogbookEntry, name="deleteLogBookEntry"),
     url(r'^newfile', views_other.newFile, name="newFile"), # oddly broken, needs investigating more