Not sure if anybody is interested but you can get a PICKit 2 Debug Express for £9.99 inc shipping when it usually costs £42.65 with a coupon from Everyday Practical Electronics

The kit is a PICkit 2 debugger/programmer dongle and a PIC16F887 on a protoboard.

Go to www.microchipdirect.com and add DV164121 to your cart after changing the country to UK. When you check out, enter EPEPIC08 as the discount coupon and it'll drop the price of the kit to 28p. Together with shipping, it should come out to be £9.99.