iPad iPad Safari bookmarking sync problem

I have an iPad 4 running iOS 6.0.1 - I have accidentally lost all of my bookmarks. I would like to sync those from my MBP - I have synced the MBP bookmarks to the iCloud but my iPad doesn't seem to want to sync with them.

Is there any other way I can transfer my MBP's bookmarks to my iPad?

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but despite several unsuccessful re-sets I had no luck. Then I fully shut the iPad down and my bookmarks re-appeared.

Stressful evening but now fixed - thanks.