Lydd
Personally, I'm not a fan of Lydd. I went there on my QXC, and got a b**locking from the bloke in the tower because I didn't call downwind, when I definately did.
I cross the channel fairly regularly now, and use Lydd for traffic information and have had a very good sevice recently, so maybe the personnel has changed.
It's not worth stoping at Lydd for fuel if you pay a wet rate. Much better to pay the duty, and claim the drawback, so you get the money yourself rather than the group/club.