Simon!
Why so blue? 
Cheer up!
Best medium budget / lightweight set IMO would be Pentax XF 12 and 8.5mm (fr Frontier Optics), 24mm Panoptic and a Televue 1.8x barlow if you can find one (no longer made, I got one from AEC) or a TV 2x (from current line), or 2x Orion Deluxe 1.25" barlow (fr Sirius Optics). All you'd need and then some.
It is hard to overstate the performance and value for money of the XFs. These EPs are truely premium performers. Stratus and Hyperion are similarly priced and probably more would recommend them because they are better known. Optically they are not in the same league as the XFs though.
If money is no object 5, 7, 10mm Pentax XW, 26mm Nagler T5, 4 & 6mm Radian or Burgess Planetary, and something to go between the 10 and 26mm - maybe a 2" Orion Deluxe barlow for the T5. (you will need to rebalance the scope for the heavy T5)
On a tighter budget UO HD orthos are your best bet - these are relatively narrow FOV EPs but excellent performers. TV plossls might be nice also - never used them at f/4.7 though.