The friday afternoon at Bristol really throws me. I get up early, drive to the show, set up, and it's lunchtime. Then the show opens, running until 6pm. An easily confused person can be quite discombobulated by all this!
Still, the quality of layouts on show was excellent (we'll talk about the trade tomorrow), and I managed four shoots over the three days - and could easily have added a couple to that list if it had been practical. That's on top of the layouts I've photographed in the past! Over 2000 images were taken, which have stacked down into just over 150 final photos to appear in BRM at some point this year.
One of the highlights of the show is that we have the best cake of any Warners event. My colleagues are starting to understand that I will review the comestibles, and I've tried to explain that good catering is very much part of the show experience. That's why I love little, local event, the nosh on offer is often different and enjoyable.
We were stopping just over the road from the show, at a golf club. Apparently, this is the cheapest spot locally, and it's certainly handy. The drive up the drive is longer than that from show to entrance gate. On Sunday morning, I took myself for a little stroll around the golf show - blimey, toy trains are CHEAP! A single golf stick costs anything from £300 upwards, topping out at the price of a 16mm scale steam locomotive. Now, don't get me wrong, looking out over the fairway on a nice sunny morning, I can see the pleasure of strolling around whacking a ball, but you certainly pay for the privilege.
Despite the lovely weather, crowds were good, and there was an awful lot of chat. Thanks to the blog reader who dropped by, even the chap doing his best to persaude me in the direction of another Tamiya RC car. You are supposed to tell me the kit is dreadful, so I'm not tempted!
Seriously though, this was a lovely, freindly, high-quality show. If I'd been a visitor, I'd have been delighted with my day.
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