Well, after much mucking around, I was finally in a position to develop a couple of rolls of tri-x 400 yesterday afternoon for the first time.
One important lesson I learnt, is that if you spend 20 minutes light proofing the room, make sure you have the film in the same room!

Anyway spooling the two rolls went pretty well, having practised on a roll of expired film, and one in the canister I could start playing around with the chemicals.

I used D76 1:1, and Ilford stop bath and Rapid fixer, all as per the instructions, and all went well. The only slight issue I had was that the negs came out with a purple tint to them, but upon reading it is either to do with the fact that I didn't do a pre-soak, or didn't wash the negs long enough.

My main issue at the moment is not having a decent scanner, only a cheapo multi thingy.
Anyway, here is a image from my first self developed roll - this has been quickly adjusted in PS to try and compensate for the crappy scanner, and purple tinge!

Oh - and a big thanks to hoffy for his help and advice

Cheers,

Matt