Don't worry, it was a club check not a spinning lesson. I was a gliding instructor in a past life so it was actually rather fun to get 'put through the wringer' a bit. A bit of 'stretch' in our flying is a great way to learn.
My bad by saying 'in the other fifty hours' - I'm not a student, I just don't learn much very often!
If it helps I did one the other way straight afterwards.