On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 23:03:29 -0000, OG wrote:

A train leaves Portsmouth & Southsea on Thursday morning (10:52), due to
arrive Preston at 15:38 (via London Waterloo and Euston) with a single
ticket costing £91.60.

To avoid your having to drive 500+ miles there and back it sounds like a
bloody bargain.

Aye, cost about £60 in fuel alone, assuming 40 mpg. You'd also be
hard pressed to drive it sensibly, coffee and pee breaks, in the
4h46m of the train. My TomTom gave 4h12m fastest
(M6,M42,M40,A34,M27).

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Cheers
Dave.