The flying strip is ready for use.
The flying strip is going well this season. It’s cut and ready to use. A new gate has been added by our farmer and we’re now accessing the field at this point (the middle gate). The farmer no longer wants cars in the field, we now have to leave them at the gate and tucked in at the side of the road. We have a small access point on the left of the new gate to walk through.
Updates will be posted asap.
The narrow Farm road leading to the site is used by horses, walkers and cyclists quite often on the wrong side of the road as well as frequent farm traffic so again we need to be careful driving along it so we don’t annoy anyone. PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY. When the summer growth of the hedgerows is high it means the farm road seems even narrower so please take extra care as there are a number of blind corners on the road.
In the winter access through the gate to get on the field is poor so take care. The gate area gets churned up with tractors etc. and there is little we can do, we don’t own the field and it would cost a small fortune to get hard standing big enough for the gate area and car parking even if the farmer was agreeable to this.
Please leave track and farm gates the way you found them and if any doubt leave them closed.
We have a walkway (about 100m long) from the gate as you enter the field to the flying strip, you will struggle to see it from the road when the crops are high but it is there, please use it rather than flattening the farmers growing grass.
Can all flying take place with our backs to the Electricity Pylons. They are far enough away from us not to bother us however no one should be flying in the area between the gas pipe fenced enclosure and the Pylons.
Animals –
1 Do not fly low over any animals, have a lookout to warm you of their presence. Normal take off and landing approaches should be OK just have an animal awareness.
2 Rotary wing models of all types should avoid over flying the paddock. If the batteries / motor gives out you can’t glide out so best to just not go there.
3 If you have no choice but to land in the paddock or off the flying strip, pick your landing spot carefully, as far from the beasties as possible.
If we act carefully we should have no problems.