Thanks for that, I also should have mentioned I am in N. Ireland. So Eurostar would involve a flight to get to London or wherever (although this might still be easier/cheaper). I can fly out of Belfast or Dublin quite easily, with Easyjet and Ryanair being the two cheapo airlines I would normally use. They both fly to the cities mentioned above but they are only once a week or so, so it becomes a bit of an expedition.
Oh well, such is life.
