[lindylou46]

Sounds like you had a wonderful trip. I never trust public transport in the UK, we always drive up the night before, staying at the Effingham hotel in Crawley cost us just £145 for the nights accommodation and (this is the selling point for us) 30 nights on site parking. Take a taxi or there is a shuttle bus to the airport for just a few £'s and it is quite a nice hotel in it's own grounds.