I went and I saw very little. We left there about noon. The earliest ever. I was on my scooter and every which way I went I met mud too mashed up to get through. I know I was sitting down but I was soon exhausted. I see today they are telling disabled people and people bringing pushchairs to stay away until conditions improve. Not sure they will.
We arrived at 7ish and there was already confusion. Vehicles were already getting stuck, causing queues on the main road. The disabled parking field was already impassable. We had to go in the gate and straight back out again to gate 9. This field was not set up for the disabled - no loos and parking only near the gate if you had good timing - there were young girls in charge of parking but none of them were willing to make an executive decision. At least the field was dryish because of the high stubble. Only thing is, this surface is hard going on a scooter.
It really was a waste of time, money and effort going this year. Rick took a few photos and I will probably see more from those (
) but neither of us saw the trucks or the steam engines which we do enjoy perusing.
Like BG said, GDSF have been at the site long enough to know the problems plus they knew it was going to rain in the days before and on the day so bringing in straw to put on the paths and roads should have been quite easy in a rural area but I am pretty sure profit comes first.
