ShyTorque - not sure what the "...despite the attempt to camouflage it with BS" comment was a reference to. Apologies if you were offended in some way.
northpoint - re. your comment "...successfully applied to have the restriction of being in sight of the surface lifted". I've never heard of applying to have that restriction lifted. Can you elaborate?
John R81 - try
here for a refresher on UK VMC minima (pages 4/5)
TTB