Got my 24 month reval in a couple of weeks - both the CAA man and our Senior FISO will be watching - the former is there to watch the latter watching me so the latter can get his local validation officer bit signed off. Should be fun!
As a part-timer, I get around £70 for a 0830-1800 LT watch. Not too bad IMO, esp considering I'm doing it mostly for fun anyway.