The first thing I did when I got back tonight was thank you guys. you guys are tremendous. thank you very much. All of the advice added up together seem to Click together and it finally moved. Dont know why but The biggest thing that really made a difference was to disengage the clutch wire and test it in gear. .
That s not in the manual.

One more 16 k hike tomorrow to collect my tools and my road bike.
Totally knackered