Apologies for the late acknowledgement but my phone died (I wasn't far behind it) and I accidentally left it charging, again, in one of the pubs I frequent. Good excuse for returning and a nice surprise once the first pint was despatched, thanks ixion, spot on with the parsing. I agree with Les that it must have been a difficult decision with an array of really good clues so I'm really chuffed. Thanks for the favourable comments folks, cheers.