That's why my first question tends to be "what is your budget"?
I'm sure it is; some people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
As to your Goodwood to Welshpool question I fail to see your point, I don't believe anyone has suggested that there is a difference in skill level.
To suggest that people who do not wish to fly abroad lack aspiration or money is thoroughly ridiculous. I don't know when the day will come when you will realise that different people want different things from their lives and from their flying. The reason that we are not all IO540 is not because we can't afford it but because we do not want to be. Now I don't give a badger's bum what you want to do but please stop berating those who want different things out of life - they are not wrong they are merely different - thank God.