Back at a PC

A fun-packed few days left me somewhat tired. However, I now have completed many of my duties/chores/opportunities for the England leg. I'm almost at a loose end. Almost.
I have now got all 4 visas after a relatively brief visit to the Kazakh embassy this morning. My UK bank account is now available to me (huzzah!). I have seen the dinosaurs at the Natural History museum (a little disappointing apart from the dinosaurs, but still good). Forest delivered a fantastic 4-0 victory purely for my benefit. Plus other sundries, such as I now have a camera which I am assured will be adequate for my needs - I went for quality rather than quantity on the pixellage front, so I'll probably be laughed at.
I also drove a tank. Okay, maybe it wasn't technically a tank, but it was near enough for me. Nine tonnes of metal which (after a certain settling-in period) was under my control. Marvellous. I can't thank the relevant parties enough for that. I was also permitted to get up close and personal with a Spitfire (which might make Ratkin a little jealous) and a Catalina (similarly for Ronaldo) and there's a picture of that last one below.
Seeing Forest again was also wonderful. Last time I went we won 1-0 but had a horrible way of playing football and Megson as manager. This time, we had a patient and controlled style and getting lots of goals helped enormously. The manager is also one of the more presentable in the league, even if he does sound a little like Sir Alex Ferguson. Chris Cohen and Luke Chambers in particular look like heroes in the making. Hope for the future.
The return from Nottingham was a reminder that, despite the shiny, quiet new trains (and shiny new prices), the rail network in the UK is still very fragile. Not much fun to be had on that journey.
Many thanks to Wavey for putting me up, despite the return of the glamorous but jet-lagged Mrs Wavey and it being his birthday today. And also to the piskie and the beardless man for the picnic on Hyde Park yesterday. Just occasionally, I am more than happy to do very very little.
I need to get to the planning thing very soon now...

PS: I tried to get to Lloyds phone banking, but they asked me what my overdraft limit was. I don't know because I don't use it and haven't used it in years. Is there any other question you can ask? No, this is the security question, otherwise I could be talking to anyone. No you couldn't: I can tell you anything about this person (what with it being me) and about the transactions that I just made this morning. So, because I don't know the value of a facility I don't use, you won't validate my ID. That's a frankly pathetic attitude to take. It's not my attitude, it's the question I am given.
So I'll have to go back into a bank (with my passport to prove my ID) to find out what my overdraft limit is so I can phone up to get a user ID. I can't be given this in a bank either. And I was going to be so nice about them, too.