Well thanks for all the advice fella's, I've ended up plumping for the F4.0 - In fact I've just come off the phone speaking to Ian(Kerso) who has done me a cracking price.
I know full well that I won't be disapointed with this lens. It was a bit of a weight up really, being a relative newcomer to this game there is so much more kit that I need (Read :Want

) and the £330 diffrence in price to the F2.8 left me thinking I could pick up maybe another lens (Macro maybe) or tripod or flash with the money saved.
I reckon this will be a great partner to my 17>40L lens just can't wait to get out over the weekend to take some shots with it.