that is indeed a grass strip. I've only used it once or twice; it's NOTAM'd closed for most of the winter because it gets so waterlogged (maybe we could convert it to a seaplane strip!). There are plenty of grass strips around, though. When I first came to the UK my husband had a Robin 200 which he kept here. Three runways, all grass!

Incidentally, would it be all right if I printed the picture you posted above in our flying club's newsletter? I just love that seaplane landing strip. If you don't mind, could you send me the picture in an image file to ewein2412 *AT* yahoo.co.uk.

Many thanks--again--for sharing these great photos.