Well I thought it was very funny, Jumbo . . .
Anyway, I have to revalidate before the end of next January. What I thought was a simple task of going flying for an hour with an instructor has now taken on significantly greater emphasis than I previously anticipated. Better steel myself to the possibility of the instructor throwing my logbook back in my face, telling me I'm a danger to everyone in the air and on the ground, and calling every instructor in the SE of England about my incompetence.