What a year!
Just back from the Sandringham Craft Fair… not a bad show at all, lots of people there… a tad too hot on the Sunday (believe it or not)…
so why the doom and gloom?
well after more than a month of rubbish shows and shows cancelled due to the weather now we have another outbreak of foot and mouth……
Like last time there are likely to be shows cancelled up and down the country, especially those which rely heavily on live stock as one of their attraction and those based in places where the owners just don’t want lots of people visiting their land during this time……
and again like last time there will be lots of news about farmers having a hard time getting their compensation but little about the rest of us who stand to loose thousands !!! Not only the exhibitors at these shows but the organisers.. lets face it we can’t aford to loose too many of those!!!! I’m sure there are lots of other groups who have been hit both by the weather and now by the foot and mouth….
And while we’re on the subject there seems to be a problem for some exhibitors getting refunds for stands at shows which have been cancelled…. whilst the organisers of these shows obviously have their own problems I think they ought to at least be making offers to the exhibitors who have lost out… A free stand at next years show…. a credit note or such if they really can’ afford to pay the stand fees back. Come on organisers… play fair
