BEagle - thanks for the info earlier in the thread, about the bunting sensation on recovery being normal in the Bulldog. I always found the manoeuvre distinctly uncomfortable, and thought I was pushing further or faster than required for the recovery. No QFI ever mentioned that the sensation was 'normal' and I always had the nagging suspicion I never got the spin recovery quite right.
I'm revalidating my PPL at the moment, and my present instructor is most complementary about my flying, all of it taught by RAF or ex-RAF instructors, and given that it is 15 years since I was at Uni' (and 20 since I got my PPL), it's a credit to standards of instruction that so much seems to have 'stuck'.
Thanks