Lets see if this gets published or not.
Went to Ragley hall today, sadly it fell far short of previous events, but expectations were high
Went straight for the food, queued for 5 minutes before it was announced only biscuits and cakes left. Found a goody shop that sold ice cream, came back 5 minutes late and the restraunt was simply shut.
This is not a slagging off here, I talked to these people and other Ragley staff, the genral response was they did not expect anything like the number of people, were not told to expect that many people and were therfore simply not prepaired.
I then spent another few hungry hours walking around encountering crying kids who're not got any food that day, distressing for the parents.
When i asked around after the lack of other food stalls, I was informed that the ground rental costs were too high for the day
This was a heavilly adertised event with tickets on the day, and no one seemed prepaired for the numbers that turned up.
Walking around I'd have said pretty much the same number that turned up each day the previous few years give or take a few.
I recentl went to the Fesitval of speed, which has far more poeple attenidng and far more complex activites going on, we could learn a thing or two about how to run a session from there.
The sad thing was the number of people who I talked to who said this was probably their last annual event because of the experience on the day.
The clear message is future events need to be far more meticulously planned and executed or we re at risk of killing off what should be the best event of the year for Porsche enthusiasts
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Went to Ragley hall today, sadly it fell far short of previous events, but expectations were high
- No traffic managment or signage
- No sign's at all actually
- A few people trying very hard to help at the entrace, which was appreciated after that nothing
- Parking was un suprvised - pretty much drop your car where you feel like
- All marques were mixed up together, no sperate non Porsche area
- No food, bar 1 shop which sold out minutes after we arrived
- The one specialist cofffee shop with rationed milk, no cappucino's, hot chocolate etc
- 2 toilets plus whatever was in Ragley hall, for thousands of attendees
- No real organisation after that point
Went straight for the food, queued for 5 minutes before it was announced only biscuits and cakes left. Found a goody shop that sold ice cream, came back 5 minutes late and the restraunt was simply shut.
This is not a slagging off here, I talked to these people and other Ragley staff, the genral response was they did not expect anything like the number of people, were not told to expect that many people and were therfore simply not prepaired.
I then spent another few hungry hours walking around encountering crying kids who're not got any food that day, distressing for the parents.
When i asked around after the lack of other food stalls, I was informed that the ground rental costs were too high for the day
This was a heavilly adertised event with tickets on the day, and no one seemed prepaired for the numbers that turned up.
Walking around I'd have said pretty much the same number that turned up each day the previous few years give or take a few.
I recentl went to the Fesitval of speed, which has far more poeple attenidng and far more complex activites going on, we could learn a thing or two about how to run a session from there.
The sad thing was the number of people who I talked to who said this was probably their last annual event because of the experience on the day.
The clear message is future events need to be far more meticulously planned and executed or we re at risk of killing off what should be the best event of the year for Porsche enthusiasts
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