a fairground life(leaving borders)

Saturday
It's still raining early in the morning. Then just before opening it stops. A few families do come to the fair, but the ground conditions are turning really bad now. By 3 pm the rain is falling again and this is how it continued all day. I could see the gate from the Dropzone paybox, it was only about 50 yards away. I thought to myself it might as well be 50 miles away, as the mad was getting deeper. Just when you think things can't get any worse, the phone rings. It was from Burntisland, "your not going to like this!" "m" said, "the motors going round, but the machines not moving." The skydiver had broken down, I guessed it was the keyway on the drive shaft. Nothing for it, you can't be in two places at once so I told him, "nothing you can do, just shut it and go watch the telly." So there I am, at two fairs getting nothing. It was teatime now and the fair was really quiet, it would be after 7 pm before we would see if anyone would come back to the fair. The teenagers did come back after teatime and we did get something. The rides on the front row continued through the rain until 11 pm, but the juveniles closed just after 8 pm and the backside of the fair was pulling down by 9 pm. By the end of the night every piece of equipment is covered in mud. We started to pull down the Dz first, I had to move a couple of snack bars and juveniles out the way so I could lower the pole. The jeep in four wheel drive just managed this, with a little help from a van on the path.
It was 1:30 am when we got finished. We didn't bother to try and couple the lorries under, that would be tomorrows problem.

Sunday
7:30am, I hear some lorries moving outside and decide to get up and on with it. My plan is to get the ERF to the gate so I can use it to tow. Then I'll put the Foden under the Dz to get it out by using the cross and diff locks. I am lucky as there was no foot traffic over where the lorries were parked. I jump in the ERF and rally it to the gate, it makes it!!! Then I put down a couple of sheets of ply and reverse the Foden under the Dz. Again I rally it towards the gate, thinking if I get stuck I will use the ERF to tow it. No need the Foden does the bizz. I then put the ERF onto the Dz and park it clear of the gate. Got to get the Foden back into the fair again. So I turn the lorry around and take a charge in. Right across and onto the not so mushy tober. The boards go under the miami now and I manage to get coupled up. I am in a jack knife position now so that I am pulling the ride around rather than trying to lift the ride away from dead. This eases the drag on the lorry and turns the wheels of the machine out of the divots, as soon as its moving it full throttle and charge for the gate. The lorry starts to loose momentum, then I feel it grip again and we are out. I wouldn't have believed it myself, but we made it out and it's only 9am. At this "r" leaves with the labourer to go to Burntisland and pull down the skydiver. The jeep goes in and gets the touring caravan. Oh no! I didn't couple it up properly and the trailer comes off just before we leave the park!! That was lucky, so I carefully couple it up again. Now all I have to do is two trips to Glasgow then one to Burntisland to get the skydiver.
I take the Dz first, when I get onto the M8 Blakey rings and tells me there is an accident blocking the motorway. This means I can't complete my journey in one, so I will park at the yard and return for the miami. By 2pm I'm heading back to Gala. When I get there the fair is like a ploughed field now. I was lucky to get out when I did. Some rides had several lorries towing them out at once. The ruts where tens of yards long. I pick up the miami and head back to Glasgow. All is going well until I get onto the M8, another three car pile up! Its takes me 50 minute to travel 2 miles!!. I finally get to my destination for 6 pm. Back to the yard for the Dz, this time I go through the town and avoid the motorway. It's 7:30 pm when we get there, now I leave for Burntisland. "r" has the skydiver ready for the road and I jump in and head back to Glasgow. When I get back it's just gone 11 pm. Time for bed!