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[mk1leg]

WHAT nobody took any pics.............DOH...............

[carts60]

I only managed to turn up for the Sunday, and i thought it was no way near as good as it had been when it was still at he Hop Farm.

Last time i went was 08 which was the last year at the hop farm and it was excellent. All the day-visitor minis were lined up in one place, and all the camping minis were about 2 minutes further away. Perfect for having a quick browse. At Bewl, i had no idea where any of the camping areas were to have a look, however the day minis were all in a very nice location.

The trade stands were excellent at the hop farm, but almost embarrassing at Bewl. Not to mention the nigh on total lack of any sort of auto-jumble.
MiniMedics of Charlton had a stand which i couldnt understand. They literally just had two steering racks, and a box of broken carbs and inlets, with a few old blokes sitting in deck chairs. Then there were a couple of professional cake and fudge stalls? Couldn't quite see the point of those, not to mention the fact, if you got anywhere near them, you'd get stung by one of the tens of hundreds of wasps attracted to the confectionary.

All the stands were in one area, and then there was minispeed and a panel trader all on their own in another field?

I totally missed all the concourse cars until about half an hour before the end of the day because they were tucked away on their own with no signposts to where to go to see them.

All in all, from my perspective as a day-visitor, i have to day i was disappointed. It felt as if there were very few people there, at least a lot less than at the Hop Farm. There were loads fewer trade stands and arguably of a lesser quality/reputation than other alternatives who could have had stalls, such as minisport, somerford etc, and finally, everything was totally segmented and cut off from everything else. It was like walking a maze.

[jonny f]

Those panel traders were not having a good time! They looked so fed up with that clubman estate on the sound off stand.

It's the first time i've been to it and i will definately think twice about going next year. £10 to get in for the day was a bit steep for what was on offer.

Im not going to lie i felt a bit stupid turning up with my dad expecting to see an airiel display only to realise it was a couple of women on a big swing, not the red arrows or an old fellow in a bi-plane skimming across the water!

Did anybody go up into the camping area's to have a look at the mini's up there? I saw the security on the gates and just turned around guessing that you had to have a camping wrist band to get in.

[benb12]

Im not going to lie i felt a bit stupid turning up with my dad expecting to see an airiel display only to realise it was a couple of women on a big swing, not the red arrows or an old fellow in a bi-plane skimming across the water!

I was thinking along the same lines I saw it on the programme and thought "surely I would be seeing it from the campsite..." That would have made me feel much better about handing over £20 to get in! Anywho, I thoroughly enjoyed the show, I think MITP has a lot to live up to this weekend!

[samsfern]

yeah, i really do hope mitp will be better, entertainment and tradestands wise. Dont get me wrong smdc was good, especially the laughs we had camping. Really looking forward to mitp, especially to see my 1/4 mile times.

[rusty789]

it wasnt you dude. It wouldnt have been so bad, if they played some decent music, not the chavtastic crap they were, the sub sounded pretty crap as the mini was so rattly

Ha the description sounds a bit like my car.. Rattly, bodged together sub.. The music we were playing was okay though..

[mkmini81]

Those panel traders were not having a good time! They looked so fed up with that clubman estate on the sound off stand.

Ha ha thats my friends clubby estate! on the sat morning when the sound off area was set up we had a very angry trader from the other side of the trees moaning that he was shaking all his parts off his stand!!

[Burnard]

i didnt even see a tmf camping bit, not sure how i missed that!

Probly because there wasnt one

[Brams96]

Ha ha thats my friends clubby estate! on the sat morning when the sound off area was set up we had a very angry trader from the other side of the trees moaning that he was shaking all his parts off his stand!!

Haha I saw that, it was funny!

I'm not surprised though that clubman estate was hitting 160dB!!!

[mkmini81]

Ha ha thats my friends clubby estate! on the sat morning when the sound off area was set up we had a very angry trader from the other side of the trees moaning that he was shaking all his parts off his stand!!

Haha I saw that, it was funny!

I'm not surprised though that clubman estate was hitting 160dB!!!

it is a beast. plans for more over the winter too!

[roofless]

I only managed to turn up for the Sunday, and i thought it was no way near as good as it had been when it was still at he Hop Farm.

Last time i went was 08 which was the last year at the hop farm and it was excellent. All the day-visitor minis were lined up in one place, and all the camping minis were about 2 minutes further away. Perfect for having a quick browse. At Bewl, i had no idea where any of the camping areas were to have a look, however the day minis were all in a very nice location.

The trade stands were excellent at the hop farm, but almost embarrassing at Bewl. Not to mention the nigh on total lack of any sort of auto-jumble.
MiniMedics of Charlton had a stand which i couldnt understand. They literally just had two steering racks, and a box of broken carbs and inlets, with a few old blokes sitting in deck chairs. Then there were a couple of professional cake and fudge stalls? Couldn't quite see the point of those, not to mention the fact, if you got anywhere near them, you'd get stung by one of the tens of hundreds of wasps attracted to the confectionary.

All the stands were in one area, and then there was minispeed and a panel trader all on their own in another field?

I totally missed all the concourse cars until about half an hour before the end of the day because they were tucked away on their own with no signposts to where to go to see them.

All in all, from my perspective as a day-visitor, i have to day i was disappointed. It felt as if there were very few people there, at least a lot less than at the Hop Farm. There were loads fewer trade stands and arguably of a lesser quality/reputation than other alternatives who could have had stalls, such as minisport, somerford etc, and finally, everything was totally segmented and cut off from everything else. It was like walking a maze.

you missed us up in the corner then we were trading but people thought we were a club stand the cake stall got best stand at show award

[ricky_mini]

you missed us up in the corner then we were trading but people thought we were a club stand the cake stall got best stand at show award

must have been the caravan that swung it for them

had a look at your stand roofless, loved the b4I(insert square root symbol)URU/16 stickers

[tadleysimon]

you missed us up in the corner then we were trading but people thought we were a club stand the cake stall got best stand at show award

must have been the caravan that swung it for them

had a look at your stand roofless, loved the b4I(insert square root symbol)URU/16 stickers

id like to point out that i designed that sticker, i think i should be getting some royalties lol

kinda made me proud to a sticker that i designed in someone elses car.
also, it was good to meet you in the flesh roofless.

incase anyone had no idea what im talking about, here it is

Edited by tadleysimon, 11 August 2010 - 05:54 PM.

[samsfern]

yeah, i got one of those b4irootu stickers, i got a black one and have a black car, dulp, ill get in touch with roofless to get an orange one at some point.

[carts60]

I only managed to turn up for the Sunday, and i thought it was no way near as good as it had been when it was still at he Hop Farm.

Last time i went was 08 which was the last year at the hop farm and it was excellent. All the day-visitor minis were lined up in one place, and all the camping minis were about 2 minutes further away. Perfect for having a quick browse. At Bewl, i had no idea where any of the camping areas were to have a look, however the day minis were all in a very nice location.

The trade stands were excellent at the hop farm, but almost embarrassing at Bewl. Not to mention the nigh on total lack of any sort of auto-jumble.
MiniMedics of Charlton had a stand which i couldnt understand. They literally just had two steering racks, and a box of broken carbs and inlets, with a few old blokes sitting in deck chairs. Then there were a couple of professional cake and fudge stalls? Couldn't quite see the point of those, not to mention the fact, if you got anywhere near them, you'd get stung by one of the tens of hundreds of wasps attracted to the confectionary.

All the stands were in one area, and then there was minispeed and a panel trader all on their own in another field?

I totally missed all the concourse cars until about half an hour before the end of the day because they were tucked away on their own with no signposts to where to go to see them.

All in all, from my perspective as a day-visitor, i have to day i was disappointed. It felt as if there were very few people there, at least a lot less than at the Hop Farm. There were loads fewer trade stands and arguably of a lesser quality/reputation than other alternatives who could have had stalls, such as minisport, somerford etc, and finally, everything was totally segmented and cut off from everything else. It was like walking a maze.

you missed us up in the corner then we were trading but people thought we were a club stand the cake stall got best stand at show award

No, I saw you're stand Roofless. I even popped in and had a browse. You were well away from anybody else, apart from the panel trader who no-one was going near. You're mini is a sight to behold, with that huge filter with promotive on the front (if thats what it is?).