And also to PB:
Kev and I have messed about with the nether gates to make travelling to/from PB's lighthouse easier. We made a nether gate at PBs, but it led to that one Jon made in the arctic. So we've disabled that one for now (hope that's ok, Jon) so that PB's one made its own gate in the nether.
We're currently linking those two gates in the nether up. So, in short, you can get from any of the original cluster of nether gates to PB's lighthouse very fast. And you can travel from PB's lighthouse to the original nether gate (one in my old house) very fast.
hope this is all ok.
(hug)
dropped all my lapis lazuli in the box above the bed in the lighthouse, about 200ish lumps
I have also found clay, it is about, and not too hard to find in new areas, but we have explored so much that finding new areas isn't easy :)
no worries from me, the 'arctic' gate was a bit of a waste anyway - only did it cos I could