Last year the journey took over 4 hours because of heavy rain and roadworks to the north and west of Birmingham. This year it was really easy and although I kept my speed down to try to reduce the cost, we arrived in 3 and a half hours. This was too early for the organisers and we had to wait in a field with all of the other people who can't work out when to set off. We made use of the enforced halt by eating our lunch - one of those in car picnics. We set up the caravan in a place very close to last year. I had more trouble with the awning but it appears to be stable so far.
The stewards office has be moved to a superior building but it is too tidy. We were comfortable in the old scruffy rooms. I went to check if Ron was going to break with tradition and actually hold a team meeting this year. He shook my hand and said 'now we've met' so I said 'see you tomorrow' and that was that.
It took us an hour to work through the program and plan what we could go to within the constraints of our duties. We can see most of what we want although some of the sets will have to be truncated.
So far we have talked to Sue and Dave Emery and nodded to a few regulars. It is really rather comfortable.
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