Alas Watnal nee Merlin Flying Club long gone. The problem arises when aircraft flying west to east cross the Erewash/Golden Valley are confronted with a ridge that in turn is masked by terrain behind it. within less than half a mile the land falls away again towards the Trent Valley. Locals always boast that the highest point is the coldest spot in Nottinghamshire. Kirkby in Ashfield library used to display a map with a bearing line running out over the Trent Valley, Lincolnshire, the North Sea, Low Countries, Baltic, Polish Plain and the steppes. The next high point was in the foothills of the Urals