Is the FI based at that airfield? If so, he's probably done hundreds, if not thousands of landings there.
Was there any other traffic?
I think Pace's comments in the previous post sum all this up perfectly.
1) Yes.
2) Yes
And of this "other traffic" at least one was non radio - when I went to head onto the runway, a microlight appeared on final without announcing itself. Also, parachute drops were taking place hence the reasons for not wanting dead side / overhead joins were more than fulfilled....