Some may wonder at my use of "luxury" but it has been a luxury for us to travel 50 minutes from Braye to Tours airport, take a 35 minute flight and land at Manchester with a drive of only 40 minutes ahead - and all this for a ridiculously low fare. On one occasion I did the round trip (Tours/Manchester/Tours) for 12€...
It was always too good to last and we confirmed this week that the route will not be operating this year. Having just travelled back to the north west of England via the Tours to Stansted route, I've realised what we've lost.
Landing at Stansted, collecting a hire car and then driving for 5 hours up the British Motorway system is not my idea of a good start to a visit "back home"! And the thought of the same in reverse at the end of the week just about did it for me..
So what is our alternative? The next best thing is to drive down to Limoges and fly to Liverpool. It's not the end of the world (excuse the pun) but it's a faff compared to Tours-Manchester.
Oh well! Gripe over! We're lucky we've an option at all. But for now our luxury route is up in the clouds..
And our airport of choice, just a dream at the end of the rainbow..
On a brighter note... Here's one from a half Yorkshire man to a Yorkshire man (you know who you are)...
