Like Craner Curves, 2009 was my last year there and I had my friend Johanna with me from Albuquerque, New Mexico,USA.
She enjoyed it, of course, as it was her first time there.
We stayed in my usual B & B on the Wednesday night which was rather nice and the breakfast was awesome.
CC is right, the stands were spread out far more and the place looked empty compared to earlier shows. This I feel was to help bigger crowds flow more freely.
The reduction in stands were no doubt due to economic pressures but I gather that the cost is prohibitive so even some of the bigger firms were not there.
I found the Live Action Arena very lacklustre too.
The best part of it was to going home on the Thursday evening.
The Virgin train back to Kings Cross was very full and we could not find a seat so we upgraded to 1st Class which included a good meal and drinks in the price.
Johanna paid by Credit Card but she was never charged.
We think that the person who took her card details felt sorry for us and never put it thru.
Thank you Virgin....
