I tried the garage one last time, got through, and have now booked in the Lightweight for, well, quite a bit of work.
Now I just have to dispose of the remains of a disastrous attempt at a car boot sale carried out in my brother’s Range Rover. Having badgered the Fella into handing over anything he didn’t need – and a set of crockery he quite possibly did – just so I could have stuff to sell, I had returned with almost everything and piled it shamefacedly into the back of the Lightweight to hide the extent of the failure.