Doodle, great news on your first appt! I have no personal experience, only thing I'd say is take your OH with you - sounds really obvious but a friend waited months for a fertitlity appointment, then her DH didn't go with her (not cos he couldn't have got off work, they just didn't think he needed to!) - to me it was obvious both people should be at a fertility appt! Anyway, they were put back months after that waiting for another appt... Hope it goes well!!
I've seen some of the awful photos from the rain, not sorry to have missed that - it's been pretty wet in Germany too, but not that bad - seems to alternate a blazing hot day with a day of torrential rain - we're due a wet one today!