Yes, the chap who owns the land delivers our firewood, which come from the hedges bordering this field. He was pretty amazed at the thought I could land a plane on it.
I landed in a field nearby last year and there was a bloke working a digger in the lane next to it. I taxied up, stopped and got out for a chat. He looked at me with wide open eyes and a gaping mouth like I was from Mars and said: "That's the most random thing I've ever seen!" You can see his point.
I often identify a field, find out who the landwoner is and then ask. In general, I find about 75% of landowners are perfectly happy for me to land.
My next project is this field on the top of Coddon Hill, near Barnstaple. I walk up there a lot and it feels like a giant aircraft carrier in the sky. Haven't managed to get through to the landowner yet though:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/i...ll_450x174.jpg
Tell you what, though, watching the Hercules land on Saunton Beach the week before last has got me itching for that too!