Well glad to say this story has such a happy ending.
Was finally re-united with the Traveller this morning. Thankfully there wasn't much damage, just some internal wiring where they'd manage to hot wire the car.
Was quite emotional seeing her arrive on the low loader as did think at one point I'd never seen her again.
I've scoured the forum on security tips and am going to take every precaution to prevent this happening again.
Finally just wanted to say another massive thankyou to LouiseM for sterling job in spotting the car and reporting it to the police (not to forgeting the 2 hour wait for them to arrive!).
I understand the story is in Minor Matters - if someone could forward a copy (My Dad gets it but he's away for a while), I'd love to see it!
Many thanks MMOC!
Thank you, but I only did what most Minor owners would have done if they had spotted one that had been stolen. It's all down to the messageboard really as it was only because the owner posted here that we knew it had been stolen. Just demonstrates how useful this site is. Mind you, the Police were a bit dubious about how I knew it was stolen so I had to explain on 2 separate occasions that no, I wasn't the owner, no, I didn't know the owner, yes, it had definately been stolen, I knew because I'd seen the details on the MMOC website and could they please send someone to check it out! Got there in the end though and I'm just really pleased that it's been returned to it's rightful owner 
