sallyanne: great job! im ashamed to say i've never really bothered with the heal tool much - sheer laziness on my part. you inspire me to work on my healing tool skills a bit more!
wallace: really like your colouring! it's of course a matter of personal taste, but i wouldn't dream of putting an unsharp mask on that, it's too easy to overdo it and get a glaring result.to me it looks very nice the way it is.

I'm not going to change the coloring any further AnMal and thanks.

Thanks , must admit there are a few I don't bother with much. I am not sure it is always lazy either. It's what works for you. I have only recently found out how this one works - I know about the heal selection tool but that cannot always be used either.
I agree with you re Wallace's. It looks perfect as is.

Thanks to all who made comments and attempts to restore. All of you have given me ideas on how to further my attempts at photo restoration. Thank you again.