// JavaScript Document
special = new Array();
special[0]="7/5/2010|Fri 7<sup>th</sup> May - Blossom Trail Walks; See the May Events page for details.";
special[1]="8/5/2010|Sat 8<sup>th</sup> May - Crib y Garth (The cat&acute;s Back) near Hay on Wye, Please note this walk has been re-re-arranged for Sat 8<sup>th</sup> May.";
special[2]="24/9/2010|Fri 24<sup>th</sup> thru Mon 27<sup>th</sup> September - Holiday Time; A Walking weekend at Ross On Wye. See the September Events Page for details.";

function showSpecial() {
var i = 0;
var aLine = new Array();
divCreated = 0;
var thisDate = new Date();
var today = new Date();

	while (i in special) {
		aLine = special[i].split("|");
		thisDate = retrieveDate(aLine[0]);
		if (thisDate >= today) {
			if (divCreated == 0) {
				document.write('<div id="special">');
				document.write('<h4>++ Stop Press ++</h4>');
				divCreated = 1;
			}
			document.write('<p class="colour">' + aLine[1] + '</p>');
		}
		i++;
	}
	if (divCreated == 1){
		document.write('</div>');
	}
}

function retrieveDate(dateLine) {
var bDate = new Array();
var wDate = new Date();
	bDate = dateLine.split("/");
	wDate.setFullYear(bDate[2], bDate[1] - 1, bDate[0]);
	return wDate; 
}