Now that I've got everyone's attention..
Is anyone aware of similar PIC systems around the planet anywhere. I'm getting too old to go learning a new language and as I have all the support stuff for PICs already I thought I might investigate anything PIC based, similar to Arduino. I suppose I cound run up something similar just for my own use, but why re-invent the wheel. I did have a look at Picaxe before I got onto PICs themselves but they were a bit less versatile as far as the in/outs were concerned.
I don't necessarily mean something that will take off the shelf Arduino shields, just a similar arrangement.