Thanks Steven but will just get 60 day tourist visa then 30 day extension then 60 day family visa then a border run for 30 more days (can do the border run twice if needed). All the best
Thanks Phil - never simple but think I will go back to what I did last time- get a 60 day tourist visa, extend it there for 30 days. Then get a 60 day family visa then do a border run to get 30 more days. Only downside again is the time wasted in immigration office and extra cost for flexible flights and having to change return flight each time get another visa. Still could be worse. All the best.
sorry and I got the married visa and tourist visa with extension also left country via land border and returned - but immigration advised me a multi entry tourist visa would be far easier - think the issue is I spend half my year in U.K. and half In Thailand but there seems no simple way to do that.