When you got trouble, there's only one thing to do - strap on a battered guitar and sing the blues.

And when "the man" wants to build an aircraft runway through your back garden, brother, you got trouble.

People living in Charlwood face the prospect of their pretty, historic village being squeezed out of existence by two proposed new runways for Gatwick.

So in the finest tradition of the Delta bluesmen, locals have joined together in song.

While One Knight Only's debut single, set for release in the next few weeks, may not trouble Gareth Gates at the top of the charts, it may well grate with airport bosses and the proud residents are even sending a copy to Tony Blair.

The tune, called Runway Number Two, was written by local folksong writer and singer Tony Dean.

It takes an imaginary look at how life in the village of Charlwood would change if another runway was built in line with Government proposals to allow expansion of air traffic around London. Pubs have been turned into departure lounges while bargain flights take off from fields and woods.

Villager Peter Barclay said they wanted to release the CD, which has a second track called Farewell to the Fields, to raise the profile of their cause.

Mr Barclay, who has lived in Charlwood for 35 years, said: "We are very concerned about the plans. The proposed third runway would go right through my house.

"The expansion would destroy our community and the beautiful and ancient countryside around us."

The protest CD is sung by his wife Cathy, with fellow villagers Sue Mills and Colin and Sue Gates.

Farewell to the Fields is a more reflective song penned by Mr Gates, who can trace his family back to the Domesday Book in the Charlwood area.

He said: "We want to bring to the notice of a wider audience the devastation which could occur to the whole area around Gatwick.

"Charlwood is threatened with extinction while its surrounding fields and woods face being covered with tarmac and landing lights."

Villagers have formed the Charlwood Home Guard, an action group spin-off from the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign, to resist the proposals.

Residents are opposed to all of them. But the outcome, for now, is blowing in the wind.