London controllers - Puddlejumper Routing help please
I am likely to be routing EGLM to LFSB tomomrrow and the logical route trying to keep out of the way of LL and keeping the track miles down would be OCAS to join somewhere between Biggin or Dover. Last time I tried this, I was vectored south past Goodwood (in a climb that I would have thought put me in the awkward height for the KK extended centreline) and then vectored to KONAN. I don't have a problem with this, but it makes my planning easier (for ETA's and fuel etc) if I PLOG something a bit more similar to that will be flown.
Given that the weather outlook at the moment makes VFR a possibility but unlikely for the whole route, and I'm constrained by no turbo/de-ice, would any of the London/Swanwick controllers like to give me a hint how to make things easier - hopefully for both of us?
TIA