It would have been quicker and much less stressful to have driven to the airport and flown. In fact, probably cheaper. I much prefer to use trains and a bus but it's not hard to understand why people choose not to, particularly in more rural areas.

And that was before the bloke drinking wine from the bottle, who kept trying to talk to me and who I had to keep asking not to lean on me. It's not been a restful journey 😕