thanx for your assessment of my situation mate, with your advice and a post about wavemasters on page 12, i'll go for a basic punchbag. much appreciated.

the leather punchbag i was going to buy is only 52lb, thats half the suggested weight in past topics, do you have any recommended sites that selling those heavier bags in the UK?

I had a look at that corner bracket, looks good but its not exactly cheap compared to standard brackets, but does that corner bracket allow 360 degree working angle, I can't seem to work out if it does from the pictures of it. I'd probably go for a 4ft wall bracket or maybes do a bit of diy and find a metal rod to go from the top of one wall in my yard to the opposite wall and hang it from that.

also for the gloves to hit the bag with, i assume i buy bag gloves rather than training gloves right?