Very good stuff said up there. Seen from my side of the Channel and given the number of G reg aircrafts on the Brest, Deauville and Lille frequencies over the last week end, it looks like this is going to be another year full of Channel crossings and that't just great. When I (reluctantly) moved to LFPD from Blackbushe last year, out of about 20 a/c on this little French airfield, 15 were G regs! (that was the annual British Jodel club freindly invasion).
I hope the ongoing concerns about flying over water won't deter anyone flying singles from coming over our way.