Amazing level. Took me 8 tries to re-beat it, as I was doing something completely unnecessary. It seems we no longer have these kind of levels, where you're tricked into performing useless actions that in the end don't reduce the step count.
Very good level! Like David, I was doing something totally illogical in the upper right corner. :))) When I sorted that out, I was still 2 off, which proved to be the problem of something ''in the centre'' of the board. Enjoyed solving it, a lot!