Very true! I used to love strip flying in the Chippy - flying around the trees and farms houses on the approach (which is sometimes curved for noise abatement), assessing wind, gradient, and surface, and the discipline of having to land right at the start of the strip as they are not usually generous in length! And on t/o tightish turn-outs as soon as the wheels lift off, again dodging around houses etc to avoid direct over-flying.
Certainly sharpens your skills! And is great fun!
I remember flying into the Moth Rally in Woburn Deer park. The strip was officially classified as 'difficult', but it was a piece of pi55 compared to the farm strips me and the Chippy were used to.