Analog film photography and cameras

Well the one beautiful and bright foggy morning that I actually managed to get outside and shoot I lost what I am sure would have been a lovely roll of ektar because none of it wound...

Quite gutted.

Edit: But what can you do.

We've all done it.

Load film as per owners manual.
Do not press the rewind button, and gently rewind until the slack in the can has been taken up - very gently, to avoid pulling the film off the take-up spool or tearing sprocket holes. Once the slack is taken up, use everything as normal.
The rewind handle should now rotate each time you advance the film, giving confirmation that the film is moving not just the mechanism.

I think you posted about acquiring a Pentax MX further up thread? If you haven't got an owners handbook, this: http://www.butkus.org/chinon/pentax/pentax_mx/pentax_mx-splash.htm - might be useful - especially page 10.