After all of the discussion under 'Which scope?' and 'Crunch Time' - and many thanks to all of you for your input - I have purchase the following equipment:
APM-LZOS Telescope Apo Refractor (triplet) 152/1200
Officina Stellare 10x60 Finderscope
William Optics Quartz 1/15 wave dielectric diagonal
Full set of Pentax XW eyepieces: 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 20mm, plus 1 Vixen LVW 42mm
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 SynScan GOTO Mount
Busted the bank but am very happy with my choice. Accessories arriving next week, telelscope (and a custom-made case) in late May or thereabouts.
I am ridiculously excited. Oh, the joys of retirement!
