Thanks for the welcome guys, nice to feel wanted as I think my missus is on the verge of disowning me as a newly qualified VW geek. I told her where to go!!
Realise my first error as my dub is actually 'Dragon' green not 'Forest'. See told you I was a noob.
Looking forward to 1st proper drive Sunday when the car formally enters my possession and have already scouted my route. Will also give me a chance to assess the rather creaky clutch, hopefully nothing to sinister and I've already been checking the technical pages for ideas of problem - sounds like possibly cable. Will hopefully have some receipts & paperwork to look through as well so can see when last replaced etc.
Phew!
Will have to work on my signature and hoping for a sunny day to get some photos of the newly washed beast itself.