it required *no* work whatsover. I suspect that the fact that the tester is doing up a similar vehicle himself helped. He advised us that there were a few minor points that could only be described as "borderline", and should be attended to immediately, but was sporting enough not to mention that these were exactly the same things as were faulty last year ...
result!
alas, my attempt to get an onsite parking pass for Glastonbury, round the back of Lost Vagueness, failed, but I still regard myself up on the day
RG