The Golf played up on the way home last Friday. First the clutch slipped, the cable coming out of it's guide, and then to compound it, after opening the bonnet to fix it, the bonnet catch spring broke! 
The clutch cable has managed to pull itself almost through the metal guide on the gearbox (a sure sign the clutch itself is going). So a new rubber sleeve and all's new again.
The bonnet catch was more problematic, as it appears it's now obsolete. But thankfully the actual spring that broke is common across quite a few catches from what I could work out on Monday. So I managed to salvage one from another car and get it fixed. Just need to sort out riveting it back on the slam panel. That's this weekend's job 
