You mean it isn't normal to file flight plans for VFR?!
And you have such a thing as a "standard" join? Is this the infamous UK "overhead join"? I thought it was normal (in Europe) to have a different join for every field, but this was something that indeed was easier in Florida, overfly the field and then do a 45 degree entry into downwind at the majority of places. Perhaps it has to do with the number of obstacles and noise regulations here, but is that really so different in the UK?
I have only flown once in the UK, from EGNH. Perhaps I should do it more often, if it is so much easier. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">