Hi emrach / chrise and bobs mum - thank you all for your concern and thoughts :)
Not much to report - other than I can now be mistaken for Lee Majors (yes, we can rebuild him). Brief synopsis - broken left wrist (pinned), broken right arm (plated), broken right leg (plastered) and several bruised ribs (which now hurt thanks to bobs mum:)) Top tip - don't brace yourself against the steering wheel when about to crash!!!
@chrise - the project was nearing completion so I will outsource the rest of the work - every cloud has a silver lining, at least I'll now be available for clue chain :)