My Dad plays golf, the subs for his golf clubs (places where he has membership, not the stick things to hit the ball with) runs to several thousand per year and, now he's retired, most of his spare cash goes on his hobby in one way or another. Would I pay anything like those prices for my lottie? Not on your life, although I spend as much time on my plot as he does on the golf course and gain as much pleasure from it. The trouble with lotties is that in growing veg on them we have an economic equation to deal with which is not present in most pastimes, where if every kilo of spuds we produce begins to cost much more than shop bought we decide that the whole thing is un-viable. This is probably the wrong attitude when looking at it as a purely leisure activity, but I suppose springs from a time when lotties were an economic necessity rather than a hobby. I currently pay around £40 per year and would be prepared to pay more, - I try never to attempt to work out how much it has cost me to grow my produce, but a quick calculation makes me realize that just growing raspberries covers the cost of the plot - though what my cut off price would be I can't say.