Thanks for the congratulations folks, but I have to confess to having mumped things up a bit. I had no idea how much it would cost to get from Plymouth to Motherwell: £162 by rail, £115 by air(well beyond my means atm). Neither of my two mates with wheels who would be interested in going were able to, so I feel rather foolish now.
I just hope that SW has found a more worthy recipient and that person is now enjoying her/himself as much as I would have been (and that SW will let me enter future competitions
)