Early May for me - LDLO 
Quite a pleasant 5.5hr flight
I think we've all had enough of the UK winter.
LDLO (Mali Losinj) ist a fantastic destination. There is a great family hotel directly at the sea called Vespera (and a similar one next to it without kids). It's a 2:15h flight for me and very popular with the whole family.
Looks fantastic! We were supposed to fly down to Krk with a friend of mine and his family in 2011. Unfortunately we couldn't go but he went. He punished us by e-mailing pictures on a continous basis.
One of the things I really look forward to by being based in Poland is to NOT have to fly +800NM just to get to Northern Europe.
From where I will be based, LDLO is only 3 hours direct track.
Croatia is IMHO the best warm destination for the UK that's accessible in one leg in a TB20
and you get a scenic flight out of it, going right across the Alps
And nearly all those island airports have avgas, customs, and zero hassle.
Just like it should be
Croatia is great. I've spent time there a few times and really enjoyed it. It seems sort of non-European there, drier, warmer and less populated, even in the summer season. In winter I remember hiding from the Bora wind in a Novi Vinodolski bar in 2008 or so. Took the ferry that night from Zadar to Ancona. Another time took an overnight ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik. Great memories, Croatia reminded me (oddly enough) of Baja California, Mexico.
One day, I'll make it to the Croatian islands. Flying there would be even better. It'd be a great place to disappear. Sure I hope I live long enough!
Croatia is IMHO the best warm destination for the UK that's accessible in one leg in a TB20
Peter, thanks for supporting our poor economy :) Hope to see you at LDLO.
thanks for supporting our poor economy
Yeah but aren't you grateful you are not in the Eurozone
Yeah but aren't you grateful you are not in the Eurozone
Yes but it will happen to us sooner or later, probably shortly after joining Schengen (planned for 2015)
I spoke to a manager at Zagreb airport last time I was there who said that Croatia will never be allowed to join the € even if they wanted to.
I cannot believe anybody would want to join the € now. Membership makes it impossible to kick off an export led recovery, without completely stripping the country bare, first.
Also € membership will elevate costs to tourists to central London level prices, which is why hordes of tourists are now going to Turkey instead of Greece (most things are half the price). Pop into a restaurant in Corfu and you pay London prices. The Aegean islands are cheaper, but only because nobody there pays any tax 
And the reason why the southern countries joined the € (cheap loans, funding for roads etc i.e. a massive Mexican party for everybody, and to hell with who will pay the bill) will not be there in the future.
Just my opinion of course
