So … learnings from the flight from glorious titled Little Snoring and back over last couple of days…
- Boy you get used to caring helpful ATC staff and feel a bit lost without them when taxying around for take off in small grass strips
- Small remote strips have more wildlife on them than the local zoo !
- Lifting off into what are basically huge playgrounds for C130, Stratotankers , F15, Ospreys, Apache etc keeps you on your toes
- Done about 5 MATZ Penetrations in 48 hours vs 2 in the last 30 years
- Farnborough N extends a good way up Norfolk and are a good option when Benson have locked the door and gone home and you are asking for a direct through their overhead … which you can’t have as the ATZ stays active EVEN when they are closed due to helimeds
- Equally … if you are a little low and IOW is blocking your comms to Southampton .. Bournemouth are great at pre empting and SAM overhead transit
- SkyDemon is just and always will be the BEST especially when you are going new routes
- Lakenheath are super laid back and helpful but really after 1700 on a Friday .. clearly burger night is calling 😊
- Lakenheath can give you MATZ pen through themselves and Mildenhall … but don’t assume that covers Marham … which I did … then thought 5 miles out I would just check …. and yep it doesn’t cover them but Marham was closed anyway
- SkyDemon gives you a hugely long straight in fan for my little hare covered strip …
- Do all your blind calls when approaching your quiet home strip … just on touchdown a beautiful big bright blue air balloon lifted off
- Taxi back around the hares, pheasants, and seagulls 😉
- So so so much fun
- oh … then on the drive home …. Shxt …. no ATC to auto close the flight plan.. literally NO ONE knows u have landed … well apart from some wildlife and ballon man …. call Jersey ATC and lovely chat with Jo who kindly did it for me … Note to self … close with Norwich before touchdown next time
Always stuff to add to your skills …
Safe flying all …. and anyone up this way .. please feel free to get in touch ❤️
Jersey Sherwood Ranger 
That’s a lot of ATC and rules for a poor weedhopping yank .. here we simply go to the airport and fly. If VFR, no need to talk to anyone if no one is around.
Cheers .. had quite a bit of controlled airspace to get around and over and under ;))