BACK HOME SUNDAY EVENING GVVT A FLOP FOR US

The Glasgow event went from our best of the year a couple of years back, slipped a bit last year on one day and then with a two day event, doubled overheads and a rise in stall price dive bombed to only just cover costs. Of course this is not sustainable but we'll take it as a glitch and give it another shot in 2016 then ditch it if it doesn't turn around. We supported the event from its first open day and have attended every one, the road has been bumpy over the last year as I tried to express my justified concerns which have been validated. It is easy to turn up somewhere new and do well we've both experienced this ourselves and then find that it's short lived,  Birkenhead was a prime example. The old faithfuls continue to perform with all the Manchester events stable, Lathalmond remained acceptable although Herne Bay nose dived after being washed out the previous year, we are hoping that East Kent 100 at Herne Bay will give it a boost again.

The bus running seemed a bit weak today no particular theme and the destinations didn't seem to give a common cross over point, last year worked much better with everything passing by Buchanon St bus station which has room and not so much traffic as George Square. We did get some good film though with trucks at Penrith and Carlisle and buses at Stirling and Falkirk. I'll start editing tomorrow. A bumper post bag of cine films ordered up and PMP DVD orders and a large crop from the shops and auction items on the net - makes you wonder if the effort should go into the net which returned good business when we had a fruitless sales trip over three days to Scotland. I thought the impetus of the single day at Bridgeton created a lot of activity and good attendence very much watered down over two days giving the agony of the 'other' day just the same as Manchester and Lathalmond although their weak spot is the Sunday.

Lets go back to Friday for some trucks shots tonight.