Heinz - no offence taken; the dealer said it was very VERY common for people to forget that or the adjacent stud when raising or lowering the hood -so much so that he said one chap had done it four times with varying degrees of hood damage each time. Hence I made a large mental note to be extra careful.
As Luddite has suggested, I bet this issue has become more prevalent since the introduction of power tools!
I'll be trying the match / sliver / wood glue suggestion when I get back from Cyprus.
In the meantime, congratulations for living in a beautiful city; I have done a lot of work there with EASA over the last 25 years - great beer!
