Yes!!!!
Cafe on Ankara Caddessi 9.45 am. We have visa, we are good for Tehran, we have 12 days. maybe I won't go even now I have the choice. hohoho, I have the visa and all in half an hour thanks to utterly charming man in consulate and some extra, some piffling few, euros. Dear and lovely Nick put on his alarm for me at 7.30. I was outside the I.C. at 8.15, inside minus knife at 8.31, seen at 9, back at 10 for collection of - have I mentioned? - an Iranian visa of my very own.
Rushed to Spice bazaar area and found pardessus of complete hideousness. If age hadn't already done for any sex appeal I once had, this long black and too large coat would. Still, only 50 YTL (25 quids) and only 35 YTL for long cardi thing that will do job too.
Nipped over the B to check trains out into Anatolia but all full, nowt doin.