Originally Posted by
Fly-by-Wife
Guaranteed to be cr*p weather then, at Newcastle, or Newquay or en-route. Or probably all 3. This is the UK, after all!
Plan B is... car? train?, bus?... Or miss the event?
Don't let the requirement to get there for a specific day and time "cloud" your judgement regarding the WX.
FBW
How true ! When I was a PPL I used to joke that instead of watering the lawn I should just plan an X-country flight
Seriously though weather is
the number one issue with longer VFR flights in light aircraft. All th other issues are planable but actual weather is what you see out the windshield. If you absolutely have to be someplace a good distance away on a certain day......take the airlines