Without wishing to prolong the agony of this thread: MM, Yes I do know the locals as we have a 20 year lease on the strip from the farmer.The strip is actually a long way from any habitation, situated as it is in the middle of a disused WW2 airfield long since returned to farmland.
It is clearly a strip as seen from the ground: there are hangars with big red warning notices (see earlier posts) and a windsock.
We do not encourage visitors by air and there are no markings on the ground to identify it as a strip from the air for this reason. We are strictly PPR for a good reason: 20 years ago an illegal para outfit arrived and caused great hassle with the locals before they were ejected: we now have a strict PPR briefing for visitors with charts showing noise sensitive areas which are emailed to anybody wishing to fly in.
Obviously my wish to return to my car would not cloud my judgement on safety grounds: I do hope you're not suggesting it would. Clearly if I returned to find a tent pitched in the middle I would go elsewhere.
I don't visit PPRuNe very often as sooner or later personal attack creeps in: 'arrogant' has already been mentioned in this thread.
The users of our strip are all well aware that its active - they are largely locals: (its well off the beaten track out of sight of 'passing trade') and will respond to an overhead join (not below 500ft), a change in engine note , a landing light and a dropping of the gear.
The go-around is a final but rarely used completely legal option.
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Cusco