Just an observation - I flew into North Connell for the first time in several years last week.
The phoned PPR was straightforward enough. The ATC was fairly incompetent - you DO NOT distract a pilot on finals by asking his PoB, and you DO NOT ask somebody to park a taildragger with the tail over the grass when the grass is edged with lighting on stalks (one less stalk now than it had a week ago, but fortunately it was frangible so no damage to the aircraft).
Apart from that, Paul.K was his ever-friendly and helpful self and a pleasure to catch up with, and the airfield and scenery as fantastic as they've ever been. I'll be back again, because it remains one of the nicest places in Britain to fly into.
Can't honestly see where anybody spent £9m compared to a by and large useable airfield before that - looks like a few tens of thousands have been spent tidying up the runway, adding lights, and a bit of block-paving to park on.
G