Why does safari randomly load top sites page?

Advise needed?
I have recently updated to Mavericks and un the latest safari on my Macbook pro, but i have noticed since I updated to Mavericks that Safari sometimes randomly just loads the top sites page rather than the requested web page like bbc.co.uk etc.
Any ideas of what is causing this or how i can completely reinstall safari?

From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
Turn all extensions OFF and test. If the problem is resolved, turn extensions back ON and then disable them one or a few at a time until you find the culprit.

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