Decent places for Sunday brekkie or brunch?
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Decent places for Sunday brekkie or brunch?
Hello all..
Just a quick question regarding info that goes a bit beyond your Pooleys airfield plates - for all you Sunday morning flyers - decent airfields within 120nm of London (Fairoaks) that have a bit of charm and atmosphere but most importantly are open for brekkie or brunch?
First thoughts are Sandown IOW, out to the SW I was wondering about Dunkeswell or Compton Abbas? To the NW? Wellesbourne? Shobdon? And NE?
All suggestions greatly appreciated!
Just a quick question regarding info that goes a bit beyond your Pooleys airfield plates - for all you Sunday morning flyers - decent airfields within 120nm of London (Fairoaks) that have a bit of charm and atmosphere but most importantly are open for brekkie or brunch?
First thoughts are Sandown IOW, out to the SW I was wondering about Dunkeswell or Compton Abbas? To the NW? Wellesbourne? Shobdon? And NE?
All suggestions greatly appreciated!
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Don't know what the current state of the restaurant is at Sandown, it was razed to the ground by arsonists a while ago. Bembridge on the IOW has more modest restaurant but do take the walk into the village and go to the Crab & Lobster, a great 'destination' Sunday lunch pub and restaurant. Highly recommended.
Of course you could always come round the zone to Denham and go to Biggles, very nice but rather pricy restaurant, just by the Control Tower. Both the aerodrome and restaurant are strictly PPR.
Cheers,
TheOddOne
Of course you could always come round the zone to Denham and go to Biggles, very nice but rather pricy restaurant, just by the Control Tower. Both the aerodrome and restaurant are strictly PPR.
Cheers,
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Well if it is this Sunday you want somewhere to go might I suggest Little Snoring in North Norfolk.
Its normally pretty quite there except for the odd one or two fly in days per year (this Sunday being one of them).
The food is normally very good, you will get a friendly welcome and it is a nice part of the world to fly in.
http://www.mcaullyflyinggroup.org/index.htm
Its normally pretty quite there except for the odd one or two fly in days per year (this Sunday being one of them).
The food is normally very good, you will get a friendly welcome and it is a nice part of the world to fly in.
http://www.mcaullyflyinggroup.org/index.htm
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Both the aerodrome and restaurant are strictly PPR.
Mind you, there are certain folk in an operational capacity at Denham who would no doubt like to make the restaurant PPR...*lol*
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Shobdon (yes, I know I'm biased) they welcome visitors, have plenty of parking space (for cars as well as aircraft) and they do a good Sunday roast for £6.50 - a generous helping of whichever meat you choose (usually a choice between beef and something else), roast potatoes, several veggies in a separate dish and gravy. The portions are far from stingy. The airfield is pretty with plenty of room to sit outside and eat in good weather and a bar for those not flying. It is very popular with the locals who come from miles around (I've met people from Hereford, Llandrindod Wells etc). Production of the bacon butties stops for a couple of hours whilst the lunch is being cooked but tea and coffee etc are always available as is a good selection of cakes and traybakes. Allow a couple of hours post lunch for recovery.
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Haven't been there lately, but Old Sarum had a decent cafe. I whiled away many an hour there watching the rain year afore last.
I spend most of the weekend there and have virtually given up cooking.... They have different sizes of breakfast, and do a roast every day and TWO on Sundays plus lots of specials daily... Also got sandwiches, baguettes and LOTS of cakes and puddings....
And no I DON'T work there.... Just regard the place as an extension of my living room at the weekend..
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It has to Leicester
You really should try Leicester (EGBG) before the government shut it down to build a so called ECO TOWN!!!
Airfield out of controlled airspace
Multiple runways, so no fear of crosswind
Interesting machines in the hangars (including an array of Pitts varients)
Free landing if you upload over 50l of fuel
Oh, and the food is pretty darned good as well.
Airfield out of controlled airspace
Multiple runways, so no fear of crosswind
Interesting machines in the hangars (including an array of Pitts varients)
Free landing if you upload over 50l of fuel
Oh, and the food is pretty darned good as well.
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Don't know what the current state of the restaurant is at Sandown,
In the meantime, the people who ran the restaurant have re-opened the old portacabins and are serving food from there.
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Compton Abbas is a lovely airfield, been there a few times - good food and large area to eat it whilst watching the busy grass runway. It is quite busy at certain times of the day. Well worth a visit.
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Both the aerodrome and restaurant are strictly PPR.
What? The restaurant as well?!
What? The restaurant as well?!
With regrd to PPR, I think it's only polite to call ahead and ask if you can land somewhere. We make it a rule to do so in our Group, ever since one of our members turned up unannounced at another airfield in the middle of a microlight rally and wound up confused and in the hedge at the end of the runway.
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Haven't been there lately, but Old Sarum had a decent cafe. I whiled away many an hour there watching the rain year afore last.
And you never said hello.....
I spend most of the weekend there and have virtually given up cooking.... They have different sizes of breakfast, and do a roast every day and TWO on Sundays plus lots of specials daily... Also got sandwiches, baguettes and LOTS of cakes and puddings....
Haven't been there lately, but Old Sarum had a decent cafe. I whiled away many an hour there watching the rain year afore last.
And you never said hello.....
I spend most of the weekend there and have virtually given up cooking.... They have different sizes of breakfast, and do a roast every day and TWO on Sundays plus lots of specials daily... Also got sandwiches, baguettes and LOTS of cakes and puddings....
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If you're the same Mad Girl who went to her first fly in last weekend then We've said hello. As I mentioned it's been a while since I've been dahn sarf.
... Sorry if I was still a bit hyper as I'd only passed my test a few days before
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Hello M G,
I was the hairy idiot in the Hi Viz making desultory attempts to get people to park prettily! A bit hyper eh, I thought all the waving was to help get off the ground quicker.
I was the hairy idiot in the Hi Viz making desultory attempts to get people to park prettily! A bit hyper eh, I thought all the waving was to help get off the ground quicker.