ok thats good.
as i cant charge at home even with a granny lead, parking is 20m from bungalow and council wont put in a drive dropped kerb etc as the grass in front of the bungalow has more rights than me lol.
at the moment i am lucky to do 200 miles a month so will only need to charge once a month unless i go off on a trip. so an hour or two at a decent charger once a month isnt going to be arduous or any more expensive than the petrol i was using before redundancy. i appreciate it will be more expensive than petrol for my current mileage if you see what i mean. so i am going to consider the electric countryman in my list.