Have to say Daman put on a cracking show and the marquee was fantastic as always.
I'm fairly surprised to here that people thought it was a good show though as I thought it had a few glaring holes to be honest!
I didn't spend much time at the stand on Sat night as I'd have liked to have as I made it round quite a few stands which is unusal for me
The location was quite frankly horrific unless you lived in Essex. Everyone I'd spoke to said it was a trek getting there, it was even 3 hours from Kent - I can get from Newcastle to Northampton in that time!
The site was small - there is no room for expansion, however it did create an more friendly atmosphere which worked. Entry and exit to the site? > Absolute disaster.
Surrounding road network? > Nightmare to get too. Trade stands? Hardly any, probably because of distance. The ones that were there lost money after expenses. Attendance was *well* down on previous years, there was hardly anyone left at 11am on Sunday which is completely different to past years.
However the weather was great, sea/beach is a nice addition and the on-site organisation seemed better with decent security, good facilities & regular bin empty'ing.
Guess we'll see what the future brings.