Aviation Tour - Maps on www.bankleft.com

Lezgnon Corbier turns out to be where France Air bring their pilots in Cherokeers to practise cross wind landings. The local hills funnel the wind down over the plain and they see 50kt most of the time. 30 yeras ago when they put the motorway through the area, they were forced to alter the runway orientation to 30 degreese out of the prevailing winds. Funnily enough, there aren't any flying schools here. I'm sweating down the approach with no flap, full rudder in and still needing to crab into wind, watching 100kt airspeed when Helen nonchalantly tells me "don't worry, GPS says we are only making 40 kt over the ground". We tied down to as many heavy things that we could drag out onto the apron as possible and jumped into a taxi towards a Gite (guest house) at a local wine grower's.

Love those autumnal colours!