From Alghero we always do the Lorel 2Q arrival. You cross the English coast between Bexhill and Eastbourne to the Mayfield VOR and then just about over Gatwick, towards a point called Vaton, which is just abeam Heathrow. Then turn North East tracking to the Brookmans Park VOR which is just south of Hertford, then north towards the Barkway VOR which is between Royston and Saffron Walden (Just south of Duxford Imperial War museum). This route is followed 90% of the time and London should be on the right hand side most of the time. From the Barkway VOR, you normally turn right for radar vectors to final approach at Stansted, or you turn left to enter the hold at a point called Lorel, which is just south of Royston.
The above route should make sense if you know the area. If not, SORRY!
