Hi Tommy / Claudiu,
Thanks again for taking the time to read and respond.
Actually, I am relaxed about not knowing where I am on the path... I wasn't even especially aware of the stages of the path til very recently. I just naively thought I would meditate and have some pleasant experiences, some not so pleasant experiences, and hopefully improve wisdom and ethical conduct (and therefore be happier) as I went along; practising, reading, and attending retreats. I do appreciate knowing this info though - I can see how easy it is to get stuck at a stage for a whole lifetime without it.
I can get a sense now, having read MCTB and lots of threads here and links, that my expereinces, especially on my 3 month retreat last year, could maybe suggest I have progressed as you've both suggested above, where as I had, with modesty, assumed I was still in the starting blocks.This is good motivation!
Thinking back to that retreat, I had weeks of just experiencing phenonomen as Not Self moment to moment, which was stunning at first but then just became the norm. I was seeing the arising & passing in each moment, was very aware and understood Suffering particulalry in relation to sorting out the mind-made stuff. And re: Impermenance, some days I couldn't give a good report to the teachers cos I was so aware of impermenance that any thought or experience I could recount seemed meaningless seeing it's fleeting and changing nature. Which most days just made me smile. I had many concurrent days of ecstatic highs (energy, tingling, feeling like I was flying/floating, emotional feelings of love and compassion, great energy) and not many lows apart from some days of body pain which I put down to so many hours sitting, and one day of nausea which I put down to eating too much the night before... who knows?! Generally in retreat I was just focused on the moment, not trying to add a story to it, map it to anything I had read or heard, and very much letting go of all experience as soon as it arose. And being on retreat, these things start to seem "normal", where as in the context of living in the world, they are rather unusual I guess. It's certainly not the stuff I shared with friends and family when I came back from retreat.
I've also reflected just today that I have had sensations that could well be A&P events over the last 5 years or so, but not knowing about the path, I never put them in any context about what could / might happen next. I just thought they were isolated "wow" moments of peace / connection. I have never really had any "dark night" periods, though having read the extreme examples from the MCTB book maybe I'm looking out for something huge which for me, wasn't such a big deal. Or I just didn't connect it to the dharma, again, out of ignorance. Likewise with some desciptions of the A&P, I've never had the insane visions / intense lifechanging moments etc that some describe, so initially thought I couldn't have got there yet. But maybe so.
I'm going to continue with my vipassana practise (obviously) and see what turns up next.
I think that reading Daniels book and being very dharma focused this week has intensified my practise somehow, and having read about resolutions and motivations, I guess this could make sense why my meditations have felt different. And outside of formal meditation, my focus / perception is def heightened (did I mention this already? Sorry)
You're already fairly experienced with vipassana and samatha so it all depends on what it is that you want to achieve through these practices. If you've gone to the trouble of doing retreats and establishing a routine then I'd guess you're looking for 1st Path and beyond so get noting!
Yes! I used to think Stream Entry was not possible in this day and age, but now I want to see just how far I can go!!!
On the other hand, if you're just looking to work on samatha jhanas then stay with the breath and go from there. Hell, you know all this already!

Actually, I was only back to samatha practise as a way of stabilising my attention for progression with insight... I've never really done, (been taught/understood samatha). As you can tell now, if you couldn't before, I am not exactly a good student of the dharma!
If you've passed the A&P then you're going to be cycling from 4th to 11th ñana until you get your first Fruition a.k.a. Stream Entry. As for where you are now (and based on a guess based on the sensations I usually associate with these ñana and as such is probably riddled with holes and totally unreliable) it sounds like you're probably moving into 11th ñana, Equanimity. If that is the case then I'd say you've got a shot at 1st Path if you just relax into a solid practice, note these positive sensations in the same way you'd note the negative ones, be aware of what is experiencing sensation as it arises and passes. Check out some of the excellent info on getting Stream Entry from people like tarin greco and others on here 'cause I get the feeling that you might just be able to pull it off. Don't crave it, don't clutch at it, just be there.
I did check them out, very useful, and thanks again

Anyhow, I'm rambling. Good luck and I hope that was of some use to you.
Yes, everything's been very useful indeed and I feel motivated and supported and that's just fab! Please forgive my rambling too, it's feels good to talk about this stuff as I don't have anyone here who would have a clue what I'm on about.
Many many thanks, and good luck to everyone,
Jenny