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Old 21st Jul 2022, 20:10
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blind pew
 
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Weather

Be aware that the weather can suddenly change at Le Touquet.
I left a beautiful cloudless sky over London on Bastille day and by the time I was mid channel Le Touquet was closed VFR and was directed to Calais radar. Convinced them to let me do an instrument let down and broke out at 200ft.
A few years later I delivered a gin Palace into the canal network crossing from the Goodwins to Cape Gris Nez and was enveloped in thick fog mid channel although none forecast.
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