Power steering pipes

Spotted a very small leak at the front of the car so upon investigation found it came from the power steering pipe from pump to reservior, thing is when I disturbed the pipe it started to **** out where it was retained by a plastic clip below and behind the rad, the wear was very bad and it gave me a start to think that I could have lost all my fluid in seconds if the motor had been given a hard bump and the pipe got disturbed. Just thought I would post this as some might want to check theirs.
Cheers
Davie