Tim - The Great British Public tends to take rules as a challenge - they are either there to be broken or do not apply personally. Even thousands of deaths do not impress until it impacts on their lives personally, and then it's somebody else's fault. We have a large section of society here in Kent who like to make the conspiracy theories an excuse.
Andrew - Like you I am an introvert, with a pretty bad social phobia, so if I'm feeling it, it must be hell for others. My in-laws are in the eighties, live a mile away and rely on our support, so looking after them has been difficult.
As it turned out, I only got half an hour's bench time, which I used to tidy up the jacket, adding highlights and sorting out the detail:
I think I've done all I can with the jacket and will leave it alone now. I'm still debating on the degree of weathering to go for, but that will be the final overall touch.