Found the/an answer, there's probably loads of other ways but this seems to work well. Hotspot Shield, there's an open version around (anyone looking it was easy to find PM if you're feeling lazy), it's the only one I could find that didn't give me any DNS errors or other fails. Cyberhost & various others didn't work, found an IP ok but no net. Hotspot does the trick though with a pretty simple set up (I'm on Mac) just standard sharing via Ethernet. I've intalled it on a a Virtual Macine on this Mac too running Windows10 just to test & all fine there. So as far as anyone sniffing my IP goes I'll probably be in Mexico somewhere
Oh & when you're on the VPN or any other one it makes it hard to sniff just incase you need to for any reason....(?)
Maybe this'll help a few people who keep getting booted by salty little cock-wombles with a hard-on for LOIC etc.