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We had a little adventure today. After about 6 weeks of frantic study of the 5 chapters from the ‘Life in the UK’ book it was time to finally do the test.

Last night we stayed at a nice little hotel near the test centre at High Wycombe, and had a fabulous buffet breakfast for an extra £5 each. Very impressed with the quality of the hotel - so not the usual budget accom. But I digress.

This morning I nervously went into the test centre only to be told my name wasn’t on the list. But after some frantic praying (on my behalf) the man managed to find a free place for me and put me in (whew!). So I went through the practice questions and got 4 out of 4. Time for the real thing.

24 questions and 45 minutes to complete. I think I took about 7 minutes to do the test and recheck my answers. Well the upshot is that after all this I have passed! First hurdle over.

Now we just have to get the rest of our paperwork in order and head on over to the Home Office in Croydon in a week and ask very nicely for them to grant me permanent residency. Stay tuned…