Thanks for the offer Christian, unfortunatley the aforementioned tit is in London, the meeting however is still in Manchester.

Okay, here's what I think I'm going to do, my friend Steve and I will catch the easyjet liverpool to amsterdam 0630 plane. We had looked at Tulip Inn in Amersfoort on Saturday night, Rob S do you know if it's any good?

Now the return trip, I think there are two options we either fly back sunday afternoon/evening, or try and cadge a lift off someone going back to the north/northwest (Christian?).....

I've spent so much time on this forum to pass up the opportunity to meet you guys in person. (Maybe it's the Grolsch talking )....

P.S. Where's the cheapest place to hire a car from? I must confess, I've not had to hire one myself before, I've hired vans in manchester myself and had cars hired though work. Which would the be best places to look?