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You could also spend the day at Calais for next to nothing and get the fuel draw back which will go a long way towards the extra air time.
Very good advice
Just a word of caution, you need to be under IFR to get round the fact that there's a ZIT and you can't be IFR if you aren't carrying an IR holder.
Le Touquet, Lydd and Cherbourg don't have the same issue.