LAA ANNIVERSARY MINI-TOUR IN JULY REPLACES PLANNED ROUND-BRITAIN EVENT

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LAA ANNIVERSARY MINI-TOUR IN JULY REPLACES PLANNED ROUND-BRITAIN EVENT

Post by Steve Slater » Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:59 pm

Based on the current Government advice on Covid-19 precautions for the summer, the LAA has regretfully elected to cancel its 2021 Round-Britain Tour which was to be held at the end of May. The event will be replaced by an LAA Anniversary Mini-Tour, which will commence at Henstridge in Somerset on Sunday 4th July and conclude at Leicester on Thursday 8th July, after visiting airfields in Cornwall, the Midlands and northern England.

“We had high hopes of being able to run a full Round-Britain event and we had more than 90 booked participants” said LAA Tour organiser Neil Wilson. “However the continuing restrictions would have seriously reduced the social elements of the tour and we also don’t know what rules Scotland and Wales are planning at the moment. We felt an early decision will allow participants to plan other things for the end of May, and many have already signed up for the Anniversary Mini Tour around England from the 4th July to the 8th. Hopefully all restrictions will have been lifted from the 21st June.

The new tour, which is part of the LAA’s 75th Anniversary commemorations will start from the LAA Wessex Strut and Meet the LAA Day Fly-in at Henstridge before heading south to Bodmin, before returning through the Midlands to a second overnight halt at Barton, then to Eshott and a third overnight halt at Breighton, just outside York. The final leg on the 8th will be to Leicester for a barbeque lunch to conclude the event. As ever, participants will be able to complete the whole tour, our ‘drop in’ on individual legs or locations.

In addition to the tour, the LAA is planning a series of ‘Meet the LAA’ events, including Henstridge on July 4th, the “We All Fly” day at Rufforth East in Yorkshire on 31st July and at Headcorn on 18th September. Plans are also well underway for the LAA 75th ANNIVERSARY RALLY at Sywell on 3rd, 4th and 5th September.

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