That's strange about the venison not being availabe - I assumed that it would be plentiful over there. Here it is farmed but I always buy wild, shot venison as the farmed stuff is likely to be full of antibiotics.

My - 40 minutes of stirring is a lot of stirring. You must have awesome muscles!

That's kind (about the Aga) - I could have probably bought one instead of paying for the pudding! It has a description of (some of) the ingredients here:
http://www.fortnumandmason.com/p-8812-king-george-christmas-pudding.aspx

One day I'll find that T.E.Lawrence card that I bought for you in Dorset...