Can't see the problem getting there - part of the fun's in the travelling whether flying to new places and getting the train (there's plenty of cheap routes in), or hiring a car.
On second thoughts, following last year's nerve racking exploits in hire car, get the train!!
Me & our lass are thinking about making a week of it, sailing to Spain from Weymouth and chugging along across the Pyrenees in the 'Love Bus' to Perpignan then up to Brittany for the return ferry.
Saw a decent parking spot in the town square outside Bar Britz!!

Not everyone's lucky enough to get away when they've got work and/or child commitments (school holidays etc) and a direct, cheap flight would definitely help everyone, there's no doubt in that.
I'd rather put my hard earned dosh to a memorable trip to France, which can be done cheaper than a mucky weekend away at Blackers if it's planned right and you shop around for flights - can't see anything arrogant about that or 'fed on a plate baby boomer-ish'!

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Yep! You could have sat on your own behind the posts but still paying stadium prices for a pint. Asda do a nice cheap four-pack budget brew for a couple of quid that you could probably smuggle in on match day.

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Whilst I admit I have never asked your age, you have never come across as an 80's child. You must have had the paperround up Woodhouse hill.