Thanks for all the great advice everyone, I have already got A LOT of use out of stellarium, and those two website will also be quite handy (
www.tonightssky.com, dso-browser.com).
We went out west last weekend and got some amazing sky's, but unfortunately it's now made me realise how much I love the photography side of things (doesn't help that my wife is a keen photographer and now also wants me to go down that path).
Obviously, the dob is quite limited it what is can do photography wise. Does anyone have any advice on which equipment would be a good start (when I can manage to dip into the pockets further!!!)