(01 Jan 2016, 9:55 pm)Adrian wrote Do you not get half and end of term breaks any more like? Most of us get 5 weeks worth of leave a year, and we all manage it.
I do appreciate that expense can be an issue, but if you're flexible enough, it can still be affordable. The times that you most want to travel will probably be the same as when everyone else wants to travel. Hence tickets being at a premium for that time. Looking back at this year, I managed to get York for £31 from Newcastle, but that was first class. If I recall, it would have been about £21/£22 standard. Edinburgh was £41 including a portion of that as first class.
Got a return to York on the GC for £15 just a few weeks back.
That was over a weekend too.
Plenty of good deals to be had if you can plan ahead.