Thanks for the suggestions so far, Ill pass them on.
You forget one thing, my dad does not like them, he doesnt want to see them at all, so pole mounting is also out of the window. Plus, we actually have no room to do that anyway. Our garden is surrounded by 6ft fences and houses so the sun doesnt get into the garden early morning/late afternoon.
Ill pass the ideas on and get back to you on what he has said.