Yeah, I did a transit into Solent CTA recently but not into CTR, and to be honest I don't know if I can be arsed to talk to Gatwick, just to fly over my home (not my idea anyway) so I will just stay clear of the CTR altogether and save my self the aggro of either co*king something up or sounding like a numpty on the radio with Gatwick.
I might however scoot over Southwater which is inside Gatwick CTA (which is 1500 - 2500) so if I stay at 1200 I will be just fine. Would you consider it good airmanship to let Gatwick know that I will be at 1200 just inside the bottom corner of their CTA or will I be fine with a quick Southwater flyover and out again?