Interesting (and quick) replies.
Thoughts about suitable planes (when I can run, rather than crawl, as at present) are:
TB20 (looks v. suitable). .Beech Bonanza A36 (what a price! Still, with resale values like that, maybe better then the stock-market). .A Piper if I could work out which one - Saratoga (a bit big?) Archer (a bit slow??).
Always keen to hear opinions, biased or otherwise.