Interesting. I only planned a direct route. I'll have to get a bit more creative on split tickets and trainline.
That said, you seem to go everywhere, so presumably booked those early, and doubling both of those, because there's two of us, is nearly £140. Can't do that week in, week out.
This. The trains for Leeds were absolutely ridiculous otherwise we would have gone. I don't currently drive and my lad is sick on coaches, but I've always gone either on trains or, sometimes in the old days, in a minibus with a group of mates. Even split tickets worked out over £200 for me and...