[Iceman]

Iceman

[Brooklands]

Arrrgh,

I can't come as I'm already booked that weekend, my neice and her husband kindly bought me a VIP ticket for the Duxford Summer Airshow on the 1st June.

Brooklands

[Miscellaneous]

@Brooklands, never fear, Glenforsa is equally good on a lovely mid week summer's day when there are only a few aeroplanes.

[Iceman]

I shall be there this weekend, as usual, for the opening weekend of the season.

Iceman

[Miscellaneous]

Ignore the Glenforsa comment in the reply to your PM. I clearly have my dates mixed up.

[Miscellaneous]

I shall be there this weekend, as usual, for the opening weekend of the season.

It seems to have been a very, if not the most, successful opening weekend. I'd hazard guess most opening weekends you are the only aircraft?

[Iceman]

@Miscellaneous, indeed, it would normally be myself in the Maule / TB20 and David in his TB20 for the opening weekend (he was away in Jersey with his new SR22 this weekend). The combination of the opening weekend coinciding with Easter and superb weather on the Scottish west coast for the whole of the 4-day weekend, brought the people out on Easter Sunday with the apron being packed with various types from PA32 to auto-gyros (about 20 aircraft in total, I believe, including some regulars such as Derek Pake and CharlieSixtySix). With a revised breakfast, lunch and dinner menu, offering an enhanced selection of great dishes (the wee dram on the haggis starter and the Tiramisu dessert were to die for ), and a very happy Brendan and Allison and staff, with a very positive vibe, the weekend was superb. Routing up on the Friday via Blackpool, we took in Stornoway on the Saturday (seals in the harbour) and the Colonsay Hotel on Colonsay on the Sunday, before returning south on the Monday via Oban for fuel and Sleap for cheaper fuel . On the Sunday night, Brendan lit the fire pit so that we could stare at the cloudless, impressive night sky, wee dram in hand, waiting for those elusive Northern Lights. Brendan uploaded a great video of the full apron to the hotel Facebook page.



Iceman

[Iceman]

Note that the Glenforsa fly-in is not on the normal late May BH weekend this year (the hotel was fully booked for that weekend); it is being held on the following weekend.

Iceman

[Miscellaneous]

@Iceman, you'd be better off with a holiday home on Mull.

[Iceman]

@Miscellaneous, I would indeed; the hotel is fully booked for the fly-in and the place down the road in Salen that I had last year is also fully booked,

Iceman

[Miscellaneous]

I'm surprised you let that slip, @Iceman.

Time to give the tent an airing?

I've stayed here;

https://www.crerarhotels.com/isle-of-mu ... mpaign=gmb

Typical chain hotel nothing overly exciting but will do the trick.

I've also stayed here;

https://www.pennygatelodge.scot

Much nicer, including the food. Small and privately run, however if your intention is to spend the time at Glenforsa it may be a waste? The owner's, assuming it hasn't changed hands, daughter is in the RAF, she managed to fly a leg when they flew G-GBNZ to New Zealand for the RAF centenary year.

https://www.facebook.com/RAF100GBNZ/

[Iceman]

Thanks for the tips @Miscellaneous. Despite starting this thread, until visiting Glenforsa at Easter, I hadn't appreciated that the fly-in is the weekend after the usual late May BH weekend. As we'll be at a fly-in château in France on that May BH weekend, I had therefore thought that the events clashed and hence, hadn't looked at accommodation for the Glenforsa fly-in. Now that I know that the Glenforsa fly-in is the following weekend, I might still try to attend (but I ain't tenting it ).

Iceman

[Charliesixtysix]

Early days, but the forecasts are shaping up with a spell of decent weather for Glenforsa fly-in next weekend - anyone going?

[Iceman]

I’ll most likely be in Denmark next weekend so unfortunately not. I had wrongly assumed earlier in the year that it was the usual BH weekend fir which we had other plans, hence didn’t bother trying to book accommodation.

I am hoping to be there for the tail-wheel fly-in in August.

Iceman

[Nick]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the WX. I hope to be there.

Nick