Well I have to take my hat off to the people at Trendy and the HMPO. I went to re-new my passport on the 23rd of October and today the 13th of November I have recieved the e-mail and phone call to say my new passport is ready to pick-up. All together it is 3 weeks to the day that I was there. Well done! I think maybe it was quicker now because the summer holidays are over and they must have cleared the back log of applications. Anyway cheers to the HMPO!

_{Eddy. They have improved dramatically or I was lucky. I put my application in the Post Office check and send service in the UK}

_{a couple of Mondays ago, told to expect it in about 3 weeks. I received a text on the Thursday that it was being printed and expect it soon and it arrived on Friday. 5 days amazing service.}