Hi Chukkablade,
To qualify the dangerous way, just fly over the field at below 1847ft on the QNH :-(
Or just phone me for PPR for a first visit on 0797 997 1301!
To be fair to Glasgow, they can't give instructions in Class G, but as you say they leave it up to you to ask for above 2,000. And for many low experience pilots they tend not to ask! (unlike me who when given the 2,000ft on a FIS round the south west of the zone point out that I'll need more to get over the Hunterston nuclear plant. They then give 2500 no problem.)
We have a Glasgow controller flying a light aircraft from here and he and his colleagues are really trying their best - as I am too. We are arranging a Letter of Agreement with Glasgow on our ops, even though we are outside their airspace. They, in turn, are looking at various schemes to promulgate the boundaries with their airspace - including asking BAA if we can fly into Glasgow for a visit. In turn, I have suggested that pilots based at Strathaven MUST have a visit to Glasgow ATC (by road!) within nine months of basing themselves here (we plan two visits a year, so you can miss the first but not the second!)
It is all an educational thing.
Look forward to seeing you at Strathaven - map and a plate at ukga.com
Colin