It's now all working!!
i reflashed my card a further 4 more times and on the 4th time it booted correctly with the correct logo. I used "3DS20_Patch_R4iGold_3DS_NDSL.nds" i only had to do it another 2 times on my other card.
I now have Wood v1.31 on it and it appears to be working fine.
digitalforums - test this out and yours should be fixed too. "3DS20_Patch_R4iGold_3DS.rar"
The old proverb comes to mind at this time "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again"