Hello Eric. Many thanks for the speedy reply. I spent ages trying to sort this out last night and within 2 mins this morning I have it oscillating
This I have to admit was down to my eyesight and simple wood for the trees. It seems the circuit prefers 22pf and not 22nf. I now have the opening screen displayed on the LCD which is just sitting there doing nothing at present. I'll investigate further and post my findings for anyone else following this thread.
BTW - I found this datasheet most helpful -->
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/31002a.pdf
I hope it's ok to post links here.
Cheers Paul