Jonty this was my second thought. I tried to be honest with ATC but didn’t helped in hindsight.
Next time will do exactly that. When in final he can’t deny a visual pattern to the other runway. So if they don’t like it in one way, they will like it the other way. You have to be gentle
Crazy, but true. They would accept, I am sure.
As for the legality on the visual patterns, are allowed day and night in my company, no restrictions on circling procedures or wherever.
A squared, yes, in EASA OPS you can check the minimum requirements for visual approach, provided the RVR is more than 800m, and has nothing to do with VFR minima. In USA I know it is done differently. Cheers