Rusty
A-HAHAHA!
Gav, there's a small chance I'll be going, and if so I reckon I'll look into travelling back through the night rather than staying overnight and returning the next day. Maybe you should give that some thought yourself, it should at least cut down a lot of the cost. Plus, if we both end up going, we could well get the same trains (though I haven't checked if this is possible yet), so only part of your journey would be alone. You could also check out National Express prices, it's probably cheaper than the train if you can stand travelling that long by coach.