Great posts, 2Donkeys. Glad to see that common sense and your knowledge of the regs prevailed at last.
Unfortunately, having read some of the other posts in this thread (Miserlou, for shame!!!), it will now be difficult for me to take "instrument time" claimed by any UK pilot at face value. That's the unpleasant consequence of people willfully misreading the regulations ... everyone gets tarred with the same brush .