Cake - Excellent. On Saturday, Amie and I enjoyed Victoria sponge, and carrot cake. I tried the sponge on Sunday, and can report that it was just as good. In fact the food at the WEC is, as I've said in the past, better than pretty much any exhibition venue. Saturday lunch was a giant Yorkshire pud with sausages, onion gravy, mash, peas and carrots, for a tenner. And it was delicious.
The show seemed a little quiet, but it is very difficult to judge. I spent a lot of time on the stand chatting to people, many of whom were complimentary about Garden Rail. We signed up a few new subscribers too. The new stand looks good, and was quick to put up, and pack away.
Opposite us was some tinplate train action. They spent the whole time rattling around the layout, just as these things were designed to do.
Plenty was on offer to tempt money out of your pocket. Yes, I bought a few things, I'll show you tomorrow. What was impressive was the amount of new products on offer. I think I can probably fill the normal "Product News" section in the mag just from this show.
RC Trains demo of their controller using Brio setup was nifty. The layouts were good, but you can't fit large scale on a small trade stand!
I did miss out on one run - the G1 layout promised a stunning looking LMS railcar at 3:30 on Sunday, and I forgot. One to look out for later in the year.
All in all, a pleasent weekend, helped by it only being 10 minutes drive away for me. Back home at 4:30 on Sunday, having packed and loaded the stand? Yes please!
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