yeah I thought that was the go. A cable locater. Typical, I could have borrowed one from work for a carton, but alas on holidays and need cable down now.

Dial beofre you dig is not the magical service it appears to be.
Since there is no requirement for any cables on a private property to be recorded or lodged with anybody (yes that is correct) dial before you dig can provide you with the contact details for cables and pipes that are located in public areas, ie the street. Once it hits your meter box, thats your problem.
Not only that you stillhave to ring the associated companies to get the data anyways, they just log that you are attempting to get the data.

So cable locater it is.
Thanks folks