Originally Posted by
Owenc
I have to fly I live on an island. But people in England take the train everywhere on crazy long distances like from London to Durham. Personally I would rather fly there for enjoyment and the fact that you'd be there in half an hour v four hours.
I personally don't understand people who take the train over the plane its so so boring!!
London to Durham is a little shy of three hours, on decent trains with food and wifi, city to city. You can work, ready a book, watch a film... Much more civilised, IMO (and no longer door to door than a Heathrow-Newcastle flight - unless you're starting near the airport). But each to their own!