Paul Williams Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Getting pretty fed up with the terrible weather this summer a few of us from our club decided to do some thing about it, we looked at various ideas for flying abroad and settled on Fly In France as advertised in RMC&e. Two years ago some guys from our club went abroad, the main grumble was the models supplied were not very good so picking some where within a reasonable driving distance seemed a good idea. This way we could take what we wanted. We hired a van and knocked up some racking with some thought we managed to get about 15 models of various sizes on board. The venue is located in the Loire Valley central France so to keep the miles down we sailed from Portsmouth to Caen leaving a 4hr drive from the French coast to our destination. There was 5 of us in total so we also took an estate car over. The venue used to be a working farm of 35 acres, bought by Brian Hilton who is an enthusiastic model flyer himself. The climate is more or less perfect we had 5 days of blue skies, 25 deg with very little wind. Brilliant. Brian’s place is very much work in progress he plans to have up to 5 double rooms for staying on a B&B basis but these are not completed to date. He made arrangements for us to stay at a local English run B&B which I have to say was fabulous. Non of us wanted to fly every hour possible so a couple of trips out to local tourist places broke up the week but for the majority pure bliss just flying eating and drinking. What more could you want? The trip worked out about £450 each with ferry, van hire, fuel, insurances ect. Money well spent should you be interested click here to see some more photos. So get some guys together and go to where the sun shines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bowker Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thanks for posting this up Paul, I read it with great interest. Good to read that you all had good weather and an enjoyable break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Hats off, to all of you, Paul....enjoy... you deserve.... p.s. Nice models and environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the unmagnificent man Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hi paul where abouts in the loire valley is this place as thats where i live (ok I know its massive) but that place looks great and if its not to far I might pay a visit one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cole Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Fly in France Location is 37460 Nouans-les-Fontaines JSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Williams Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 To be honest he was putting off day trippers when I last spoke to him, trouble is he makes his money selling the accomodation try ringing him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hickson Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Hehehe...just a few planes then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hilton Fly in France Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi Paul Thanks for the comments and pleased you all enjoyed yourselves. Just a quick note 2013 prices and DISCOUNTS are now online **LINK** with the end of the season and for many the end of this years club meets now is a great time to start making your plans! Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowlea Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 This looks great, have bookmarked it and will look at timetable for this year or next year. I like that you have lessons for novices so that interests me a lot! Can I just ask if it is possible to bring a dog subject to having dog passport and upto date vaccinations? It's not imperative nor would stop me looking to book, just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hilton Fly in France Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hi WillowleaNo problem at all with bringing pets.Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowlea Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Posted by Brian Hilton Fly in France on 23/01/2013 10:18:28: Hi Willowlea No problem at all with bringing pets. Brian thank you thats great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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