I love it when a plan comes together.
You're really of great help, Nobby.
I just calculated how much I'll want to spend; it's actually a bit more than I anticipated, but that will hopefully be no problem.
The trains are slow compared to German regional trains? That's awful.
Looked at the pages you linked, this makes it all a bit easier, and I assume those are better than random googled pages.
I might just purchase the GPS maps I need instead of buying real maps, but my GPS device is sorta crappy when it's raining. Mh. Need to think on that. Need to think on getting an O2 prepaid card, as well. If I get a discount because I'm a customer already.