a fairground life (feet up)

The weather the last two weekends killed any chance of scraping up a few quid before everything is packed up until Easter. The heavy rain was bad enough but the gale force winds put the top hat on it. We didn't have them problems in the secc, every day was exactly the same climate wise and it doesn't take long to get soft, so the wind and rain felt doubly icy. I had planned to do wonders this week, but as usual the plans didn't materialise and it wasn't all the weathers fault either. Its been a long season and we are well into extra time, its time to get it all packed away. Saturday was a nightmare, the wind was gusting at around 50 mph and we had to close early. I was thankful we weren't pulling down that night, not that we would have been able to in those conditions. Sunday started off wet and quickly got worse as heavy snow fell. An hour later and the weather cleared again, but not for long. We struggled on until 5:30pm when we chucked the towel in. The crew arrived to help "r" on the skydiver while I did the miami. I was just lowering the back flash as a freak gust came. Another few second earlier and it could have been nasty as all the securing irons were all removed. Shortly before 8:30 pm we were finished, the skydiver was coupled up but not the miami. We were soaked through and I decided to call it a night. The next morning we arrived to finish off. All went well except for the batteries on the Foden being totally flat. The 420A charger was employed to start the lorry, it took several attempts and fuse replacements before we succeeded. The trip to the yard was thankfully uneventful, the ERF ec10's bump bump bump returned on the front wheel. I think 'ss' is correct about it being brake related as when I braked it went away. I'll get the hub off for a look one day. I parked the rides up along side the DZ which had been put away the week before. Job done for another season, I'll get my feet up for a couple of weeks and then it will start all over again.