Shipdham Airfield (EGSA)

Visited Shipdham on Wednesday 24 July inbound from Sywell and outbound to Seething. I had planned to visit the Mid Norfolk Railway at Dereham. (Outstanding line, immaculate steam locomotives - BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80079 on my visit if you are interested - and well worth a visit for the scenery alone).

The airfield was ‘closed’ on the day I visited, but a call to the number in the AFE (or web site) enabled me to pay the landing fee of £10 by bank transfer. I arranged for a taxi to collect and return me (Ace taxis – very friendly and accommodating), £10 to Dereham and £13.00 back. You may need to walk a little to the main road, through a farm, but on return the taxi just followed the signs to the flying club (road runs alongside the active runway for a short distance) and this takes you to the clubhouse.

Obviously, the clubhouse was closed on my visit, but the runways and parking areas were in superb condition. Looks like a nice place to visit just for the sake of it, but the trip to Dereham and the railway were easy and well worth it in their own right.