Thanks Julian & homeguard.
My situation is further complicated by the fact that I'll probably be living in Ireland for the forseeable. I think you're probably right though - best to book some time for revalidating so I can keep paying the CAA ridiculous amounts of money.
Homeguard - I've been out of the loop (no pun intended) a while, your comment "At this point with licences being reviewed by EASA letting you licence lapse might not matter or could for the future matter a lot". Do you have any further info on that?