Thanks for all of your replies.
As it happens, both me and my instructor both decided that the most likely cause was a very late or lack of flair thus 'nose wheeling' it into the ground.
I am acually about to embark on my last solo XC before my QXC today and have a whopping 6 hours of solo under my belt already. The reason I was with instructor was I only had a single slot and I had just come back from 2 weeks holiday so I decided that some GH revision with instructor would be a good idea.
As it happens, whilst it bizzare to watch, this incident is far from the most shocking I've seen in my 27 years on this planet. I'v seen someone get shot and mudered in the US, I've been robbed at gunpoint in Mexico by a POLICEMAN and nearly drowned in the Indian Ocean during a SCUBA diving trip. Just to name a few.
I don't mean to sound like action man (I'm not), but my comment about the missus was totally tongue in cheek. I just didn't want to worry them. They think it's totally safe, and I'm happy with that.
Now, who knows the way to Fleetwood?....
Be safer
EK