thats my thought too steve, but its this , you must have at least 6 months on your passport left , i have tried looking into this and its a mine field, depends where you are going and again how they feel too,there is no clear answer to this 6 months thing, i will leave it till we are back in england then get the passport changed, a few days in london in feb, wow make it into a valentines, i am such a romantic sod