a fairground life (what a snider)

Up at 7am this morning and off to a fun day on the outskirts of Glasgow. This (coincidentally) was the first event that I had opened the Miami at some 6 years earlier. It was a very god day then, so my expectations were high enough not to worry that the weather was wet, windy and the location on a hill. Luckily it was in a car park, so lovely hard tarmac. Not so lucky was the lay of the land. It was a steep slope where the Miami was to stand and this lead to the worst build up I have ever had. The ride was so high at the rear, we closed the exit there so the passengers could only alight from one end. This knacked the one way system and would hamper us when busy. For 10am we were ready for opening all we needed was the people. Not to waste fuel we waited until 11am then we waited until 12pm. At that 2 kids appeared so we started up. Then 4 kids appeared! Well that was pretty much it. We did have nearly a full run at one point, but they were all the event volunteers so we let them on for FREE. By 1:30pm we had decided that 2:30 would be time up. The sun had came out by then and we waited more, but at 3:15 pm that was it. On the road for 4:19 pm heading back to the yard. What a disaster-well out of pocket.

I'm off to that other Klondike were having at 'painting place' now. After this afternoon it will feel like a gaff!  It's a grand life-if you don't weaken!