Thank you Kulyok. I doff my wide-brimmed, diatryma feathered hat to you!
It was indeed 1 of the party members and not the most obvious. My party consists of Korgan, Haer'Dalis, Viconia, Edwin and Valen. It was Edwin! I have the Female Edwina mod and now believe that is the cause, ive currently got the glitch were his portrait doesnt change back to Edwin and the animations are off (Ie boots of speed no longer work), Ive Uninstalled it but no change? There is a fix for the mod but you need to be able to access the cluaconsole to do it. You'll have to forgive me, I'm new to this and because I installed the game to the Program files (x86) folder I cant use the cluaconsole. If I copy all the game files to another folder and delete the original could I get round it that way? I'm wary of losing any saved games etc And as desperate as I am to play this mod, I don't want to travel to Menzoberranzan without my trusty, albeit transgender mage with me!
Once again thanx for your help.