Good news - I got my new passport today. I wasn't expecting it to be delivered so early, and it was lucky I was home as I had to sign for it. Was surprised that it had changed colo(u)r. I think my old one was red, but the new one is black. I'm guessing that's an EU thing. Was also surprised that I had to manually sign my passport - which seems rather quaint. I don't think I even needed to do that with my old passport, which I think had my signature pre-printed in it. Can't say I'm overly impressed with the potential durability of this new passport. It already feels quite flimsy. The problem is that the information page in the passport is so thick - probably due to various security measures - and the binding so poor that it feels like the passport could easily fall apart. Which is just great. Classic Made in Britain quality (if it was even made in Britain...).
