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Members Photos => Choppa's Photos => Topic started by: Choppa on June 22, 2016, 05:32:11 PM
Well, we had planned on getting down to Cannes but the weather, French air traffic controllers & airspace restrictions for the footy put paid to all that (mainly the weather - thunderstorms in the south).
Anyway, leg 1 was from Blackpool to Lydd...
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...passing close to Tilbury docks...
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...then across the river Thames...
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...looking East at Tilbury...
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One the ground at Lydd, refuelling ready to cross the channel...
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Yours truly, shoehorned into a survival suit with most of my stomach under my chin...
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Arrived in France at Le Touquet...
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Reims cathedral...
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...and, whilst in champagne country, it would be rude not to pay a visit to the champagne caves...
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Almost 1 million bottles of champagne...
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On to Le Mans en route to Jersey...
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On the way home. Just landed at Cherbourg from Jersey...
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Then Cherbourg to Shoreham and on up the country until Tamworth where we are welcomed by this...
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...so we turn back to Coventry for the night. Final approach to Coventry...
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Then, early the following morning, back to Blackpool.
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All in all, well worth the trip. Plenty of local produce was consumed too !!
Some great photos there Choppa, especially the rain cloud and the runway, although I would be concerned about the road below and getting muddle up if you had too much Champagne. It certainly looks like you enjoyed your trip
That runway was a little too close to the road for my liking !!
A jolly good time was had by the pair of us. Hoping to repeat in September but probably over Western France.