What about ED-209 (I've forgotten his name on here), he lives in Wales. If he was going it'd be easy for him to pick you up on the way.
Although with you being on IRC a lot you've probably sked him yourself and got a reply you didn't want :-(
Hope you get there.
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MikeAmiga that's him innit? The guy getting eaten by a rock on Faces of :-D