This weekend we decided to take the train up to Edinburgh instead of the plane. This is how we got on.

Tube to Kings Cross only £3.50 for two of us with Oyster Cards free for the others instead of Taxi to airport at £40 so we are already £33 ahead.

No check in queue, security queue, making people take their shoes off and checking their stupid bags of liquid, no six mile hike to gate, no gate queue, no queue to get on plane or hanging about wasting money on stuff you don't want in airport shops just because you are bored for two to three hours.

Get on train fare on the way up £27 no taxes or security charges. Much more leg room and you can take your own water and stuff onto the train rather than buy it at airport rip off rates.

Watch scenery go by see Durham Cathedral, The Angel of the North, the bridges over the Tyne and Lindisfarne Island.

Arrive centre of Edinburgh four and a half hours later, no waiting for baggage, walk to flat save £5 Airport Shuttle bus fare and another hour of travelling.

Much less stressfull, Takes around the same time with all the waiting factored in, no getting up in the middle of the night for a cab, no passports or ID needed, much more civilsed and cheaper too.

No Brainer if you ask me.