Well I've got to start off by thanking you all for your help. A special thanks to Tony for wasting half of his day trying to fix my old heap (said in a loving manner of course) and to Ian for both rescuing me and giving me a lift back. It really is much appreciated and I can't thank you enough.
I really enjoyed the bits I didn't miss. The banter was great and Brian took the abuse well!
Hopefully next year I'll get to spend a bit more time watching the carnage on the off road site. I've subscribed to Bart's channel on youtube to catch up with as much as I can