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Sorry, can't help with the other questions but you can get Osmo coloured woodstain, which should allow you to darken the light edges
Exibit A: Why are there bits where the oil doesn’t appear to have taken – and can I do anything about it?
That could be for a number of reasons; there may have been some other chemicals, such as wax/lubricant he saw blade when it was all machined up, that you didn't apply the oil evenly, or just that that particular patch didn't take the oil in the same way the rest did. Just give it a light sand back, then apply more oil. You might just have to accept it's a bit patch really though. It's wood; it's never going to have a nice uniform tone/colour all the way through.
The oil’s made this bit look a bit crap/grubby. Can I just sand back when dry, rather than cracking out the white spirit to remove the oil which I’m a bit loathed to do?
Again, this could be because of other chemicals that have been deposited in the wood, that are reacting with the chemicals in the oil, or it could just be that natural tannins in the wood are reacting to the chemicals in the oil. I know that Oak reacts if you use wire wool to clean it up; tiny microscopic fragments of metal become embedded in the wood, and go black in reaction to the wood tannins.
This is what happens when you knock down your garage for a bigger garden.
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Getting there though. I'm finding out a lot about ways of applying & leaving osmo oil to get a really high gloss without any tackiness, that's not mentioned on the 'net.
That said, I'm still worried that on Friday I'l present her with this labour of love to be met with an unsaid, or possibly said: "so you've got me two planks of wood for my birthday"
If not, I'll have them. I'm getting quite attached to them now!
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Looking really good now, shell love them