Honey08
Waffled a lot!
What did you all think?
We always go, but this time found it a real let down! Other than the price, which seems to be getting pretty steep at £19 each, we thought that everything else had gone downhill!
We queued for two hours to get in, despite going later after the rush. It wasn't helped by poor road signs onto the site, which led to over a hundred cars going down a dead end lane instead of onto the site! Some poor cottage owner had them all turning round in his drive! Then we had to queue to get back into the right part, and when finally on the fields, the parking monitiors were trying to park cars on a field so steep that only 4x4s could get up it! Toilet queues were across the roads, with cars driving through them, it was an absolute shambles!
When we did get in, it actually felt a bit boring. All the stalls were the same as ever. All the bins were full, all the quirky displays that are interesting because you don't see them elsewhere, ie, the tree fellers etc, had absolutely nowhere for people to watch, unless you were 6'4" and could see over heads. There were hardly any seats around the food areas. Lots of toilets were out of order. It just seemed a poor do!
Also it didn't feel much like an agricultural show anymore, just a shopping trip for non-country folk.. Hardly anyone seemed to be watching the pigs/goats etc.
We came away feeling like we won't be bothering next year, which is a shame, as I'm Yorks born and bred. We may have a trip to the Highland show instead...
We always go, but this time found it a real let down! Other than the price, which seems to be getting pretty steep at £19 each, we thought that everything else had gone downhill!
We queued for two hours to get in, despite going later after the rush. It wasn't helped by poor road signs onto the site, which led to over a hundred cars going down a dead end lane instead of onto the site! Some poor cottage owner had them all turning round in his drive! Then we had to queue to get back into the right part, and when finally on the fields, the parking monitiors were trying to park cars on a field so steep that only 4x4s could get up it! Toilet queues were across the roads, with cars driving through them, it was an absolute shambles!
When we did get in, it actually felt a bit boring. All the stalls were the same as ever. All the bins were full, all the quirky displays that are interesting because you don't see them elsewhere, ie, the tree fellers etc, had absolutely nowhere for people to watch, unless you were 6'4" and could see over heads. There were hardly any seats around the food areas. Lots of toilets were out of order. It just seemed a poor do!
Also it didn't feel much like an agricultural show anymore, just a shopping trip for non-country folk.. Hardly anyone seemed to be watching the pigs/goats etc.
We came away feeling like we won't be bothering next year, which is a shame, as I'm Yorks born and bred. We may have a trip to the Highland show instead...
As always some bits were good and some less so. We had to queue today in traffic (which I think may have been to do with the royal attendance, although I may be wrong). Yesterday I had no trouble parking, or getting there at all.
i have to be up at 5am aswell! then again my friends are competing so im more excited about that 
