It would be interesting to find out what caused the initial problem. Having had u/c problems in a sim session and on the line, I would hazard a guess at either nosegear oleo failure to extend - this physically prevents you from moving the handle and clears after a period of time when it does actually extend.
Second was a failure to uplock which was a shortening link adjustment problem after a main gear service. That one was on a ferry and we took it back to base - about 2 hours - with the gear up, not locked on engineering advice.
I would have preferred the alternative of a nightstop in Zurich and out on the town with the SR Technics guys
