RV6 PLT IS GIVEN LNDG INSTRUCTIONS BY TZR CTLR THAT RESULTED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC.

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THERE WERE 3 PERSONS INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT: MYSELF; ANOTHER C172 PLT; AND THE BOLTON FIELD CTL TWR PERSON. I INITIALLY CALLED IN ABOUT 8 MI W OF BOLTON FIELD (TZR) ON THE CTL TWR FREQ. THE TWR TOLD ME TO RPT R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 22. I DID NOT RPT THE RWY AT THAT TIME; BUT ACKNOWLEDGED HIS REPLY. UPON GETTING CLOSER TO THE ARPT; I NOTICED THAT ANOTHER C172 PLT CALLED IN FOR LNDG TOO. THE TWR TOLD HIM TO RPT L BASE LEG FOR RWY 4. I SAID TO MYSELF; 'HUH?' I KEPT AN EYE OUT FOR THIS PLANE AND EVENTUALLY HAD HIM IN SIGHT. UPON APCHING MY WAYPOINT; I THEN RPTED THAT I WAS R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 22. THE TWR SAID THAT I WAS NOT IN SIGHT YET. HE THEN CLRED THE OTHER CESSNA PLT TO LAND ON RWY 4. I CONTINUED AND TURNED R BASE FOR RWY 22. AT THIS TIME THE CESSNA PLT WAS ON FINAL FOR RWY 4. I DIDN'T HAVE TO; BUT I PIPED UP AND SAID THAT I WAS R BASE FOR RWY 22. I THEN TURNED FINAL AND WATCHED THE CESSNA PLT LAND ON RWY 4. THE BOLTON CTLR THEN YELLED AT ME THAT HE TOLD ME RWY 4. I WAS SHOCKED; THEN SILENCE. AS I WAS STILL ON RWY 22 FINAL APCH; I THEN ASKED WHAT HE WANTED ME TO DO. HE SHOUTED; 'DOWNWIND FOR RWY 4; DOWN FOR RWY 4!' BEING THAT HE DIDN'T SAY R OR L DOWNWIND; I INSTINCTIVELY TOOK L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 4. THIS WAS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR THE NORMAL BOLTON TFC LNDG ON RWY 4. I LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AFTER HE CLRED ME TO LAND. AFTER LNDG; THE CESSNA PLT CAME UP TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT HE HEARD THE CTLR TELL ME RWY 22. I SAID THAT WAS A RELIEF! HE ALSO SAID THAT THIS SAME CTLR WAS ROUTINELY NOT NICE TO SOME PLTS AND ROUTINELY MAKES MISTAKES. HE KNEW THIS BECAUSE HE IS AN INSTRUCTOR AT BOLTON FIELD. MY ONLY ADVICE IS TO TRAIN THESE CTLRS BETTER OR HAVE A BETTER CTLR SIGN-OFF BEFORE YOU LET THEM OPERATE BY THEMSELVES. MAYBE TO MONITOR THEIR ACTIVITY FOR A WK FOR A ROUTINE CHK-UP.