BV, I recall the words of one Mandy Rice-Davies "Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?" (actually she didn't quite say it that way, but that's the normally accepted version, along with "Cor, Lord Astor, 'aven't you got a little willy!").
But commuting to Valley from
Chester? Even on the vastly-improved roads of today, that's a 90 mile one-way trip.
Whether Ascent can attract enough people of the right quality to sustain their operation at Valley remains to be seen.....
As a student I did a year there; first the Gnat course, then holding, then a Hunter refresher. Apart from the often vile weather, I quite liked the place - but as it took nearly an hour to reach Bangor on the old A5 and Menai Bridge route, escape from Anglesey wasn't a particularly common event, so we made the most of it. Whereas now it's only about a 25 min journey and there's even a decent dual carriageway back to Engerland.