Brian,
Maybe you flew the aircraft in an era when High Level NavExs were all that the Sqn did.
In latter years we spent a lot of time a 250ft all over the UK and occasionally in France. There were many opportunities to go away for the weekend with destinations from Tallin to Seville and Lisbon to Akrotiri. We nearly had as many different destinations in Europe as NetJets!
Yes there were the odd Wick and back trips at FL280, but the fun sorties by far outweighed those.
The aircraft has proved itself over 45 years to be incredibly versatile.