Well drive home to Coventry was eventful, half way home and the power steering stopped working and then slowly every light on the dash came on till eventually car was firing on 3 so chucked it in the nearest layby, the alternator had stopped working arse!
Car wouldn't restart as battery was too low, AA to the rescue with a jump pack to get it started, used the old trick of giving the alternator a good whack with a hammer and extention bar and it kicked back into life, so on my way I went, clearly the brushes are bunged up with crap as it's only about a year or so old as I fitted a re furbed so will get it back down to work and remove it and give it a strip down and re fresh, failing that I will chuck on a spare I have