The main issue with my roof was that the stitching had rotten over the years. The plastic front strip has also burst, but in places that makes storage in the boot much easier

. It the absence of not having this replacement part, I sent my roof off to Nicolson Hughes Sails (Sailmakers) in Helensburgh. After taking to them on the phone, the thought that they would not be able to re-sew the front edge (where stiching has the poorest) due to the plastic strip.
A week later and a whole £23 + 6.60 p&p the soft top has been returned, back in good health, all seams have been restitched and overall I'm happy with the job. My only mistake was that I forgot to mention to use black thread

As all the stitching was bleached white by the environment over the years, they quite rightly assumed that it was white

. Will sort that out later when I renevo the roof

in years to come