Oh Goatbusters, sounds interesting. I've added you to MSN if you have it, be interested to see what charts you have, I can't be a million miles away from you, just across the border.
Simplates - expensive yes, and does it have an up-date feature. They may do for flying offline, but if you wish to use them online with the various organisations that provide ATC then not only do they want pilots to use charts, but are becoming more and more aware of AIRACs and hoping you have the up-to-date ones.
I have a large collection of charts, similar to simplates but from well back into 1999 and well out-dated now, but very useful for those remote airfields you can't find online.
Another link for charts is
www.navdata.at . The site gives the current AIRAC cycles for various add-ons for FS, and if you go to the charts page it will give you links to sources for charts.
I've been a bit of an stingy person with printing them, but have really started to recently rather than flipping between windows to see them. Co-incidentally I was just sorting my large file of them into alphabetical order in their poly pockets for easy referance
saddo I know
I think enroute charts can be bought quite cheaply from a shop near Manchester airport, for about £3 each, though correct me if am wrong.
I have some high and low alt enroute charts here for Europe but all out of date and kindly passed on to me.