Tricky one. As we know Daz searched high and low for a venue that would allow Caravans, camping AND car work. The Newent site seems quite unique to me in that it allows the amount of noise, late night din, and car work in one place.
The only thing missing is Statics of The lakes Venue, or some other sort of solid structure you don't have to build on arrival, shiver all night and fail to sleep in while waking up knackered the next day for more car work. Then have to take it all down before going home, all possibly in the fishing rain. I love the car work don't get me wrong, and the camp fire chats and nosh ups, but all that in conjunction with no sleep makes the whole thing a marathon.
We are a car club, IMO. Not a camping club, although that's a means for quite a few, fair enough. We do cars. Two days is a bit short for setting up base camp (chrisgixer moves on for fear of over stating the camping point) although I've heard others say similar being honest.
Maybe a lot of people have got wise to the omega issues and they are not really issues any more. So the learning process has tailed off, along with the inquisitive members visiting. This is just the way of things.
As said too, half a dozen maybes isn't really fair on the organisers....is the take up less at this point, campared to other years given the notice period, do we know?
Travel? Mmmm, no I don't see that as a barrier, it's what cars are for
finances, maybe. Recession and all might explain the downturn previously, along with the Elefant in the room of the unpleasantness that bubbled up with Daz and Ljay. It's mostly for this reason I wonder if a change of venue would rid this Date of that stigma, if a stigma exists at all...?
But changing venue will be a royal pita, and no mistake. Whoever takes this on will need to do so knowing it might very well be a complete waste of time. That taking payment will be painful, there will be little or nowhere near enough thanks, and odd behaviour will have to be tolerated or ignored.
...thought occurs, we don't seem to get any of latterly mentioned silliness at day meets. No payment needed there obviously of course.... I remember one of the weekend meets I completely neglected to bring any cash
like an ops wit, 'twas the only thing I had to do to repay the effort Daz put in and failed.
But again, that's the nature of organising these things, ie dealing with eejits like me.
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