Having been unable to travel from Manchester, we were offered the chance to fly from Leeds to Paris instead. I had never been before, but it was either that or Heathrow, and anything short of making my own wings is preferable to Heathrow, so we decided to try Leeds.

It is slightly in the middle of nowhere - Leeds is a well-connected city, but the airport is quite far out, and I would say that it deserves a better connection. Nevertheless, we were travelling from Manchester and it didn't take that long. We thought we were lost because we couldn't see planes anywhere, but sure enough we found it, and it is pretty tiny.

Nevertheless, it has good-sized parking and all the facilities you'd expect from an airport, except on a much-reduced scale. It's a perfectly professional place, and it's only the limited number of carriers who fly from there (we were using British Midland) that really disadvantages it. We parked for a weekend for less than ten pounds, which compared to most airports is a bargain.

But the best thing I can say about Leeds-Bradford is the effect its size has on your journey - I am certain that from standing up on the plane, to being in the car and driving away took no more than 25 minutes, which is nothing short of miraculous. Because there are not long corridors to walk (the terminal building being so small) it takes no time at all to get the formalities out of the way, and that is a very big bonus indeed.