Sorry to impose a blatant piece of self-backslapping on you all, but I'd just like to tell you all that this afternoon, I passed my JAR PPL Skills Test.
Hardest two hours and fifty minutes of my life, but by god it felt good when the examiner said I'd passed!
I was toying with the idea of doing a full write up, but I'm absolutely bushed. Maybe get round to typing it all up in a day or so.
In the meantime (and at risk of sounding like an Oscar winner...) I'd just like to thank everyone at Mid Anglia School of Flying for helping me to achieve this milestone. Or as the boss there said to me this evening, "Welcome to the ranks of the Eternally Poor!"