IA: Discovering my passport expires 1 day before I go to the USA
UP: Finding out I should be able to renew it in plenty of time
IA: Realising the chance of finding a place in Crewe that can take American Passport photos will be slim
UP: Finding a place pretty easily
IA: Long wait at place to have passport photo taken
UP: No charge for passport photo due to the long wait!!!

UP: Application all completed and in the post
IA: nervous wait for new one
Okay-- so I got a bit carried away with IA and UPs but it felt like a rollercoaster throughout it all!!!!