sorted it. Silly me. It was that long since I used the car I was forgetting that to start the car you must push the clutch right down to the floor then turn the ignition - It started and is now working fine. It's good i didn't start to do the spark plus and battery meter checks etc (which I would have had to go our and buy). I was reading through the manual about starting issues etc and noticed the "press Clutch to the floor" - then I remembered. It turned over about 5 times and then started. Happy. Thanks again for your advise.