It sounds like you're on the right track, Ash. Judging from those gif's, the seeing has just been really bad. Especially the first 2.
It doesn't look as wobbly in the third, but the detail is still smeared - there are different types of seeing and the first two may be induced by tube currents AND jetstream, whereas the third one looks like the type of jetstream where fine detail is smeared away.
How's your collimation? Do you know it's good/right?
Keep practising! You can turn your skills to saturn, soon!
Also practise on the moon!