  Here we report some results from an ESO-VLT programme to observe individual
stars in nearby dwarf galaxies at high resolution with the UVES spectrograph
(Tolstoy, Venn, Shetrone, Primas, Hill, Kaufer & Szeifert 2002, submitted to
AJ). We mainly concentrate on illustrating the issues and uncertainties
surrounding our efforts to determine the ages of stars for which we have
accurately measured [Fe/H] and [alpha/Fe].
