The weather that we are currently enduring is having a devastating effect on the funfair industry as a whole. Some operators haven't managed to actually attend a fair for over a month, if this carries on a large part of the industry is going to find it hard to make it through the summer. In contrast we are having the best year we have ever experienced. We have altered our operation around entirely so that over 90% of our workload is now corporate events, where we are paid to attend. This means that when the heavens open up as they seem to do every day, we are insulated from the worst of the effects.
After our misadventures in the mud at Crayke, I repaired the winch and re routed the control wire well away from the winch rope. The event we attended on Thursday in Lincoln was at a primary school for children with behavioural problems. The teacher we were dealing with told me not to worry as they had quite a high staff/pupil ration and plenty of teachers would be on hand to deal with the kids. To be truthful, I was more worried by the fact that we had to cross 3 football fields to reach the school entrance, and there weren't any natural anchor points to use the winch for self recovery.
The event kicked off at 1pm and was due to continue until 3. The kids were absolutely fine and everyone seemed to have a good time, until at 2pm the heavens once again opened up and we suffered an hours torrential downpour. All I could think about was the fact that the vehicle we had there was due to be in London the next day for a 2 day music festival (part of our One True Saxon promotion), and the helter skelter was due to be erected at the National Coal Mining museum, one of the corporate clients that we have built a long term relationship up with. As it turned out I needn't have worried. We set off through the gate at speed and the vehicle/helter skelter made it safely to the tarmac surface of the access road.
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After our misadventures in the mud at Crayke, I repaired the winch and re routed the control wire well away from the winch rope. The event we attended on Thursday in Lincoln was at a primary school for children with behavioural problems. The teacher we were dealing with told me not to worry as they had quite a high staff/pupil ration and plenty of teachers would be on hand to deal with the kids. To be truthful, I was more worried by the fact that we had to cross 3 football fields to reach the school entrance, and there weren't any natural anchor points to use the winch for self recovery.
The event kicked off at 1pm and was due to continue until 3. The kids were absolutely fine and everyone seemed to have a good time, until at 2pm the heavens once again opened up and we suffered an hours torrential downpour. All I could think about was the fact that the vehicle we had there was due to be in London the next day for a 2 day music festival (part of our One True Saxon promotion), and the helter skelter was due to be erected at the National Coal Mining museum, one of the corporate clients that we have built a long term relationship up with. As it turned out I needn't have worried. We set off through the gate at speed and the vehicle/helter skelter made it safely to the tarmac surface of the access road.
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