Well, we had a good weekend, as usual with club get together,the show was ok, nothing special but ok, until we tried to leave.....................
The gate out at the far end near our camp wher we have exited in previous years ( and there is an exit sign there) was blocked off by an overland truck, so 3 of us drove around the rear perimeter of the field to see if there were any others, none.
We the thought we had to go out the way we came in (by the iron forge man), but this was partly blocked by the organisers orange Range Rover thing, after trying to squeeze past, somebody nearby kindly opened the door & pushed it forward so that we, and some others could get through.
After slowly driving about 20 yards past some marshalls we heard a commotion & the organiser running behind like a madman shouting & hollering stop them stop them!
A bit bemused by this we all stopped & were met with a load of abuse from him, which was returned in no uncertain terms by all 3 of us & somebody else.
We were told that we are all banned next year as we were not supposed to leave befor 4pm as a health & safety issue!!
We did say that we didn't know this & no where on our ticket or camping permit did it say so, to which he agreed
After another few minutes of shouting & arm waving by him we managed to drive out, he did apologise eventually, but we were so inscensed by this, he was told in no uncertain terms what a w***er he is.
I don't know if anyone else had trouble exiting but it appears that the exit near our pitch was blocked on his instruction, we didn't drive through the show, just around the empty perimeter, and through the gate we originally came in as this was the only exit.
This madness & verbal abuse by him put a dampener on the weekend, you would have thought that he would act differently trying to encourage people to return
A good weekend just a bit spoilt at the end
Andy
Ps, it was about 2.30 , 1/4 to 3 when this happened