Spoonbill wrote "I see from the Notams taht Netherthorpe..... ....... is closed to visiting aircraft until 31.12.01"
I asked for the date of the notam because I can find no such notam. Spoonbill has not replied. Also, the staff at Netherthorpe didn't know anything of this closure when I telephoned them this morning.
I have therefore concluded that this is a hoax. The motive does rather puzzle me though.
For the record, Netherthorpe is not closed to visiting aircraft.