Anyone else having problems getting onto the forum?

[Alec]

Pages are either taking ages to load on the forum tonight or they don't load at all.

When the new page doesn't load, the current page remains in view and the following message is added to the bottom.

Database Error: MySQL server has gone away
File: /home/rosscp/public_html/forum/Sources/Load.php
Line: 2005

Repeatedly clicking to read a new page eventually works but it is taking ages.