a fairground life (secc)

Tuesday morning we head over the the secc, the DropZone is already in the carpark from the day before. The traffic was heavy on the M8 and we arrived ten minutes later than planned at 8:10am. The door to hall 4 was open and within 5 minutes we were in and set on the plot. We used the generator for power to get built up so we didn't have to wait for the sparkies to connect us up. As the floor is perfectly flat the ride was levelled in a jiffy. In fact the ride was erected very quickly and we then started on the other jobs. "R" replaced a sticky limit swich while I cleaned all the handrails, then I waxed the panels of the ride. At noon we stopped for lunch. When we started again we cleaned all the brush contacts, waxed the control box, got every single bulb on the tower working (first ever I think) which then made the fuse blow!! So "r" climbed the tower and replaced the fuse (stupid designer put fuse box at the top of the tower!). After that we painted the tower yellow again. The ride is very smart and tidy. While we were doing all this the other operators were building up too. The layout has changed again and we have new rides in- Superbowl, Superstar , Extreme and the Mega mix. The large Gallopers, TopSpin and Twister Coaster rides are delete. The DZ has moved over one plot from last year. It was 7:30pm before we called it a night, we wanted every last job done as when them doors open on Friday it will be "full on" for two weeks. All we have to do is erect the Q pen when the sections are delivered. The photo is a blurry section of hall 4 taken by "r" as we test run the DZ.