Thanks, folks - this is the first time I've used PPRuNe and I'm really impressed by the helpful advice

: just need to find a couple of hours to follow up your leads, and see if I've got time to get the Trip Kit.
Thanks, Max,
The areas I referred to are actually in France,
en route. I'm not yet as familiar with Jeppesen maps as the CAA ones, but it seems to me that areas such as 'LF(R)-45N4' (800'AGL to 3800') could well force us up into IMC unless we get cleared through.
Or am I making some very basic error, here?
Cheers,
John