Can't remember exact words.
Something like Cleared Chedworth (? Dep) to join controlled airspace 5 miles before MALBY.
To those ? my CRM yes we did discuss it and that's why I've flagged it on this forum to get a debate going as whatever you may think a reply from an ATC controller of "Thank You" means very little to me in this context and as I did not get any ? about what I did then obviously I WAS CLEARED TO JOIN.
Anyway 055166K kindly answered and told me how it works. THANK YOU.
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