a fairground life(the crab fair)

Shortly after 1pm we set off for Egremont. I was driving the Dropzone, my wife and "r" were both following with touring caravans. I went out past my daughters school, thinking I might have seen her in the passing, but the school was already back in. It was simple enough down and through Carlisle. After a few more miles I phoned ahead to get some directions from another showman who was already there. There seems to be plenty of windfarms in Cumbria, I counted three between Carlisle and Egremont. When we finally arrived at the funfair site- it was a carpark just off the main street. Most of the other attractions were in and set. We set the touring caravans onto plots. Then onto the ride.The DZ is standing first in the gate. With me guiding and "r" driving we managed to jack knife it onto the position without too much fuss.It was a couple of feet bigger than the measured space, but luckily the next plot had a few feet to spare. A couple of hours later it was set up and ready for cleaning. Other rides here are the waltzer,superbob, energystorm,skyliner and miami. The waltzer ride is setup on another piece of land seperated from the main body of the fair by a chain link fence. Last year the fair was moved off this site due to fears of subsidence! This year a part of the car park is fenced off and marked with cheverons. This is the part supposedly under mined. It is twenty feet in diameter and is in the middle of the site! The fair we are attending is known as the crab fair, where in days gone by crab apples were tossed onto the street by passing floats. This fair is also known for the "gurning" -old men pulling faces.
The picture shows part of the fair, if you look close you can see the fenced off area.