OK time to admit how I am so incompetent.
Downloaded 1.1.4 running it , added the nodes from list to a conf file downloaded bootstrap and ran overnight woke up to the wallet running but no connections. No matter what I try none nada zip...it just refuses to make any connections and the wallet remains offline.
Am I missing something obvious
You can download the blockchain which includes the latest binary v1.14 and config file here. There is a false positive in this version tho. Some antivirus may complain, if it does, dsable and add an exclusion.