"Since we're on the topic, is anyone aware of any R22 or R44 syndicates in or around Hertfordshire?"
There are two of us who 'share' a Bell 206 in North Herts, which you think would be a perfect arrangement! However, we're selling the machine and I'm in the process of bringing my own one in from the USA.
Why? Despite there only being two of us, we always want it at the same time. And he has a place in Devon, so he flies down for the weekend and it sits on his lawn. Meantime, I'm driving everywhere. Grr!
It could work out that there will be 4 turbine helicopters in my area, all within a 5 mile radius. If the men from Mars came down for a visit, we'd have a bit of a job explaining our logic to them! But that's the joy of helicopters.