Shed, excellent post and good advice.
In my view, Bagso is right. Connectivity, much lauded by Davies and supporters of Heathrow expansion, can be about train as well as air services. Recent articles show that Hull and North Wales/Chester are keen to get direct trains to MAN, but it seems that even with the Northern Hub and its Ordsall Chord, there won't be enough 'paths' on the airport line. But trains is apparently a taboo subject on here with no relevance to the airport so I'll say no more.