The mystery continues. Last night it stopped again, for a while.
Car was cold and a bit damp having been unused since before Xmas. I only did a handful of short journeys at night over the evening, 1 to 3 miles each.
On one of those it was definitely not working at the start but after a mile or so it came back into life. On others I wasn't sure as they were quite short and I was on busy roads so not thinking about it.
Then this morning, still very cold but parked in the sun, I needed to go to the car so just decided to press the Rest button as a test. Fan started normally and quietly.
So I turned the ignition on (without starting the engine) and it was running smoothly, all the way up to maximum when I adjusted the speed. 
I still think it's some sort of poor contact in the external wiring, affected by cold and damp, as the motor seems to run fine when it does run. Or could it be something wrong in the "hedgehog"?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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