I, of course, will be there!!
Now, as far as air fares - I ran into someone at Dublin airport who had gone to the US with a family of 5... they wound up flying from one of the small airports (Manchester, I believe) to Dublin, then Dublin to the US - it saved them over 2,000 English pounds!! :eek:
So, I suggest you check Aer Lingus to Dublin (or Shannon - nicer airport) (they fly from JFK, Boston, Dulles, Chicago, SF, and Orlando, I believe - of course that doesn't mean they will be flying there next September...
) Then check the smaller airlines from Dublin to Manchester, etc... might be worth it!
By the way, if we are going to vote on WHERE in England, I vote for CAMBRIDGE, somewhere in the Lake District or the Borders, Edinburgh, or Hay-On-Way (Wales - the whole town is a bookstore....)