Could some one please point me in the right direction for the cheapest way to send a 5Kg Parcel to Thailand??

That isn't going to take ages... 2-4 weeks at the most.

Had a bit of a shock when contacted ParcelForce today - quoted £60 and there within 7-10 days

Thankyou

You can get various quotes from Transglobal Express or Parcel Flight, but it aint going to be cheap

Thanks Nick... will give em both a try

Already got it down to 2.5Kg after a little explanantion to the mrs, so price is lookin better already

Only way to guarantee arrival in the right hands is to buy a ticket and take it yourself. There's some thieving b'stards some in the postal service between here and Thailand!
Had stuff (letters, photos, postcards etc) go missing so many times.

Sent parcel force in ther end - £48 for 3.5kg, and that has insurance of £150 if it goes missing, so we'll just sit and see what happens