bostonmick Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I like to go to various game/country fairs for the day out and to watch the sideshows.these days there are no real bargains to be had at any of them as has been said on here and I have done it myself seen something at the fair then stopped in at my local rfd on route home and saved a good bit on the same item.the price of the pitch means they cannot sell cheap my rfd gave up doing fairs as the last one he did was the shooting show a few years ago and he needed to sell around forty guns just to pay for the stand and on top of that close his shop for a couple of days or get in extra staff at extra cost.they are a good day out there is no doubt of this but not cheap for the family man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPJA Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I cannot understand why it should be more expensive to visit on the friday ! I would love to know!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubble Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 mmmmmm..... bought a friday ticket £27, booked hotel / B&B for thursday night locally £60 so the total is £87 for a days show Not cheap, but its my first time there, so I wait with baited breath Any suggestions for a 'show newbie' will take a 'M&S' lunch in, hate the boiled burger type food neill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Looking at the current forecast, take an umbrella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 You all moan about the cost, but the thing that puts me off is actually how busy they are! The Midland especially - you can hardly move by the middle of the day. I say triple the entrance fee and remove the riff raff (I suspect that is one reason the CLA costs more on day one, just maybe not enough more!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) I cannot understand why it should be more expensive to visit on the friday ! I would love to know!!! My guess would be that they get less through the door on Friday due to people having work and so up the price to cover the decrease. Only a guess based upon my mate saying less people go on the Friday. Edited July 14, 2014 by OJW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 If you go and have time, may pay to see the Edgar Bros stand - quite a tasty free draw by the look of it - although the "free" is undefined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 For what its going to cost me to go, I'd rather get a 1000 cartridges and go shooting all weekend ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Even though Friday looks **** rain wise my good nature finally got rewarded. I am going with the old boy I regularly shoot with but as we had a spare seat my Air Rifle club chairman asked if he could come as well if he could land a ticket. I said no problems just let me know and I will pick you up. He then said "great stuff I will make sure I bring my Blue Badge" (he suffers badly from arthritis) so looks like we will be parking close this year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 For what its going to cost me to go, I'd rather get a 1000 cartridges and go shooting all weekend ... Ditto... if i only would have some land with pigeons on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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