Made it. Sort of.
I've arrived; there's been a few problems that are being dealt with, and it's going to take a while before I can have Internet access as the BT phone line appears to be disabled.

I'm still not sure whether to regret my decision or not... but here's one thing that definitely isn't going to be regretted. Acquired from an Oxfam in Southampton city centre today, the sheet music for Memory, as performed by Elaine Paige, and correspondingly in a key such that the range is G3-Eb5. I think we have the first thing to do in our lessons when Helen returns...