Thanks for the follow up replies guys. I actually pretty much agree with your comments Mantis. I do think i was prob being results orientated in my earlier post, when looking at the three pre-flop options that i had to choose from. I showed the hand to an online poker pal who's starting to give me some poker mentoring and he pointed out the problem with the re-raise all in option.
I didn't really give the option of checking back the flop much consideration to be honest SuuPRlim. I thought that hands like AJ+ were a distinct possibility for villian and, with the flushing board too, i didn't blike the idea of giving a free card. Cheers ALL