OK had quite a busy day so far, first thing went to garage to get them to check why my reverse goes forward and also why first gear is such a fight to get into! They told me its likely to be an internal gearbox problem, UNCOOL! On route home dissapointed about this news i decided to get my exaust heat shield refitted as it was rattling baaaad on idle, job done, also cost me a new tyre and tracckking while i was there but meh best be road legal.
Got the father inlaw to check my gears for me and he found this.........
relief its not a gear box issue, just a cheap plastic bit thats snapped, anyway as a temperary measure he did this for me and works a treat