I have a tendancy to agree there.. In the last 10 years I would never have seen so much of the world - not just internationally but my own country, had air travel not worked out cheaper short term than rail or road. Scotland used to be a 2-3 day drive or an overnight rail journey with prohibitive costs for me. Now I can fly there in a few hours and still have change from £100.

My generation is the first of our family to go abroad for purposes other than giving 'Jerry' and 'the Bosche' a good hammering. One upon a time, Italy was as unavailable as the moon, Denmark was a history lesson and America a bad example to us all. Now I can go there and see for myself.

LTS