"All movements outside published hours must be requested before 1500 on the day required."
That little gem of information is available to everyone planning a flight to Blackpool.
Perhaps the fee should be £150 for out of hours operation and £300 for out of hours operation and no pre-flight planning.
Of course unless the aerodrome and ATZ were notamed as being active after hours, some pilot could just happen to be operating close to the field (obeying the 500ft rule of course) without ATC being able to tell them anything at all!!!.................they might even be able to arrange a landing on private land just outside the airfield fence for £50
As for HDs comments. Having had one of my R/T transmissions to London ATCC some years ago quoted in the Grass Cuttings section of the GATCO mag without my or any official permission, I can't see where the problem is provideed people can have a sense of humour!
Regards,
DFC