Must be grateful that the AI didn't promise cunning stunts in rough cut punts But it's endemic in UK: overpriced overpromised and underdelivered events from chancers preying off desire of parents to find something, anything, to keep their younglings amused
To be fair they probably saw that ever other company is doing the same thing, ripping off the British people for as much money as they can get, nothing is being done about them doing it, so others are doing the exact same thing.. Ask for forgiveness instead of permission.
A number of years ago there was a steam festival. It appeared that the organiser couldn't make the monies stretch, and so at the end of it he announced (possibly from a safe distance away) that he didn't have the money to pay the traction engine owners their coaling and haulage money. There were no threats of court action, nor violence for that matter. All the traction engine owners did was drive their engines to every exit point and park the engines up there. It was enlightening how soon the money could be found with all the attendees trapped on site. It appears that there are very few people who can drive traction engines.
So proud of my parent's R.I.P Mum Who wen i was a child , dragged me round welsh slate mine museums, Beamish museum, York Railway Museum, regular visits to the beach with enuff food to sink a battleship .......... Simple as that
Yup - When my brothers & sisters wanted Birthday Parties & lots of mates over, I wanted to go for a drive to some place we'd never been before, castles, cliffs, mountains, beaches, caves, moors, abbeys, great houses - as my Birthday nears, I'm getting itchy feet and think back on all those wonderful Adventures and places I saw with my family. My Dad was great for that, bless him...
@matthewc.419 Beamish museum is good value if you live not too far away from the museum, the adult ticket price is £27.95 and is also a season ticket that allows you to return as many times as you'd like for a full year Ps it now takes well over a day to get around the museum since the new 1950s section opened
I just commented something similar... We would go to the beach for the whole day, a long walk in the hills, some boring old castle or house... Never these "packaged" events. What changed?
@@neil1997 each generation gets weaker more Broke and more stupid My mum R.I.P , taking us all to Monsrate in Spain , I learnt more from these Trips than I did in school I so so miss my Mum ........." she was never wrong " ever !!!!!!!
@russthebiker They did ,.but today's little globalist Commu Nazis like Starmer Sunak Davey and co are sold out to the NEW fascists of the New World Order . Jane Goodall of the WEF openly spouts a population of less than a Billion is what's needed . She along with her colleagues want half that actually. Jacques Attali went one further in a 1980s televised interview . It's in subtitled French but well worth finding to show normies who don't see it .
The other problem is you could have gotten away with this in the 80s because even the sight of a monster truck would have been epic. Now we have access to the internet and what is out there it just won't fly.
Absolutely agree with the last sentence Geoff, my family and a friend spent a beautiful afternoon this weekend in a quiet Dale in Yorkshire. Not a single person, a little beck to paddle in and the whole afternoon cost absolutely nothing
Is that the same 'David Bailey' from the 1970s Olympus Trip camera TV ad? With Arthur Daley asking, 'Who do you think you are, David Bailey?' and it is....😲😳
If you can't keep a naturally aspirated 400 cube Chev cool on a very mild 25 degree day, you probably should not be responsible for more important engineering requirements, such as suspension and steering of a vehicle that is "performing gravity defying stunts" near spectators.
On the overcharging scam, why do people pay exorbitant prices and then wing about it? If everybody refused to accept this wholesale abuse, the opportunists could not get away with it at every event they attended. Perhaps it's because as a nation we are ashamed of standing up for ethics and integrity and just suck it up like the rest of the idiots in the UK, an opportunists paradise.
I got riiped off years ago me and my wife and 4 kids we went to santas grotto and to see the reindeers and snow in DUBAI it cost £1200 for a family ticket. it was so hot boiling , kids hated the heat .2 Reindeers passed out and santa had a funny dark tan with a white beard .
Something changed in this country...i distinctly remember as a kid (80s) there being very few organised events like these... Well we certainly never went to them if they were on... Do people only go out the house if they have a "destination" to go to? Is it FOMO? Is it so people have something in common to talk about with colleagues/school parents?
“ it was only advertised as a Monster Truck”. (singular). I guess this David Bailey character is much better at Pedantry than he is at staging events. PMSL 🤣
Must be the same ones that went around Australia last year or the year before, was all over facebook people saying not to go but people still went and were very unhappy
There is one thing that is a good outcome of this. Anyone who owns a MK1 Ford Focus hatch or estate will now have a rarer car now after seeing this video.
So if I go to a Custom Car show, or Classic car show I am to expect one custom car or one classic car.. The "Ideal Home Exhibition" will only feature one Ideal home. A place in the Sun will feature just one place in the sun etc etc
"Traveling fair ground operators flout the rules, over charge, and provide substandard service with zero care for the punters" - yeah, that checks out, that's been pretty much standard practice for the last 50+ years or more. But you're not allowed to criticise them any more because these days they are part of a protected class and you're not allowed to notice things like that.
Do these fairs exist anymore. I remember when I was a kid and young teen 80’s/90’s fairs going to a few parks near where I lived. They stopped coming to the park that wasn’t far from my house and then the one that came to my nearest town turned into just a little kids fair. No idea if that still comes now. It was a place for all the teenagers to hang out and something for them to do for a week. Everything’ now is shit.
@@michellebooth327 Yep, those fairgrounds still exist. There was one near where I live a fortnight ago. It usually goes to three locations in town for a week each. They're a complete rip-off, and if you complain they'll beat you up. Can't be prosecuted because they're a 'protected minority'. Best avoided.
@@AntonHoward-mx9sb They like top fuel dragsters (cars) GM/Ford/Toyota all use a Chrysler HEMI.. Just like they all do like drag boat racing,truck pulling,monster trucks etc...1960's Chrysler 426 Hemi engine and bored out from the stock 7.0 liter 426 cubic inch to larger and produce over 2,000 hp and 11,000 hp and more! Example a 9.2 Liter 565 cubic inch 2000 plus naturally aspirated HEMI engine.
21:30 point To quoted a guy saying that he booked the tickets in February. How can the council, Police, medical services say they didn’t know about it????? So assume he booked the online tickets on the last day in February, that leaves March April, May half of June to figure it out?!?! 3.5 months!! In the United States, there’s a permitting process for the stuff specifically designed to cover this stuff
Lol,so what's happened to all the fun stuff like banger racing, grass track, speedway, etc.was always cheap. The smell of Castrol R, jumpers for goalposts.....
'Molly coddling-everyone has to win' My sons sports day last week.. They usually have 6 Yr groups, each with four different colours.. At the end, the colour from each group with the most points, wins.. This year, nobody was allowed to wear their colours, each activity was rubbish and a week later, we still don't know who won 😅 The world has gone mad!!
@@loonaticsrunningtheassylum it's not all schools. My 2 boys have both got sports days with a mixture of lame games and full-on competitive events albeit only one actual race per year group but split by house colours and into heats and finals with actual 1st,2nd and 3rd place medals. There most definitely are winners and losers in that.
The old question, "What Is The Difference Between A Magician's Wand And A Policeman's Truncheon?" "Well, The Magician's Wand Is Used For Cunning Stunts, Whereas The Policeman's Truncheon Is Used For ...............!"
I thought it was the Worcester Balloon Festival and this was the additional attraction in case it was too windy for the balloons to fly like it was a few years ago to the great disappointment of the huge crowds.
I stopped going to the classic car show because by the time I pay for tickets then the parking ( some shows parking I believe is free), add to that my our fuel the bill for the few hours that we eould be there was £100 ( I dint include any snacks or drinks as this would add another 20- 30 quid . Now I stick to local shows .
There was a similar event up North but fb advertising showed a film preview that was a little more honest containing live footage. It looked very much the same set up as this one. Expectations eh ?
If people want to see proper monster trucks. You have monster nationals at Santa pod in august. Properly run limited tickets ( and has been running for years ) and rocket cars what more could you want
It's run by Showtime events, everything they do is a disappointment. The Balloon event Friday and Saturday was crap. Show time and David Bailey are from Desborough in Northants so they do a few events there like beer festival and balloon festival. They are a glorified fun fair tbh. Good thing about balloons if they do go up if the wind is low enough, you don't have to pay to go in as you can see them outside as they rise. I did this in Worcester the day before the Monster truck thing. No balloons and no comms/updates after 630pm so I gave up by 830pm. I should say David isn't responsible for the weather and people should take their own precautions if it's hot and sunny or rainy. And if people use public transport as I did then it's easier for the people who need to travel by car. The path that crosses the car park access is a right of way for pedestrians so they can't close it off. You should see Bristol traffic when their balloon event is on.🙈
Whilst not taking anything away from the horrendous organisation, the comments about people barging their way in, queue jumping, pushing kids out of the way to get a better view etc... highlights how low our standards of care & consideration for our fellow man are. I have got to the point where I don't want to go out to large events anymore, mainly because the organisers treat you like cattle, and the attendees act like animals.
The "safety measures" of the slide being a nurse with a tube of burns cream is ridiculous... I remember learning at uni about the Sociology trope of accountants deciding that an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff was better value for money than a fence at the top.
Loving it! Suddenly semantics is a legitimate defense. Monster truck(s) ? More like monster money munch ...Love the UK. Bent gambling Tories and no-show monster trucks. Bring back the wet weather! Thanks Geoff.
Thanks Geoff great work.....i just dont do these kind of events they are designed to rip your family off. A planned day out well researched play, food,drink and activities works. Ive a great wicker picnic basket load it sorted. Can always buy ice cream. Hopefully it will be reasonable.Geoff me and you same page hadnt got to your final comments when i posted.
Looks like Ardingly in Sussex is the next event to have similar hype, I've seen two posters on Facebook, one shows the main summer event, the other hypes the monster truck as if it's the main event 10/08/2024
Showtime events are the ones that need the grief, its a bit unfair that the monster truck show seem to be carrying the can. Who arranged the adverts and other publicity?????
Truck shouldn't overheat if the coolant system was properly sorted. Hose popped in a short show? Dodgy mechanics. Form over function. Looks great, but it's a dog underneath.
If people buy at obviously inflated prices, people will sell it at inflated prices. Thats the problem, fools that perpetuate the problem. Dont buy! And tell them why not.
Following from my comments yesterday you can 2atch a monster truck at Skegness raceway actually crushing cars along with the stock car and banger racing. £18 for adults £9 for kids and under 12s free. All done safely.
I think the fact it’s Advertised, one expects a Monster Truck’s Show this is usually the case so public have been miss informed 😢and seems fraudulent to me sounds like an absolute disaster😮
The slide oh my word. The first aider should know better. You should ALWAYS check they are TRAINED and QUALIFIED. Don't care if the car / uniform looks the business. CHECK.
In the 80s i went to a monster truck show in the car park the 2 trucks had tractor wheels, I just thought that's just how they transport them. No, it was their proper wheels. The show was bad, even though i loved monster trucks.
Didn't you guys on that side of the pond have some sort of imitation Charlie & the Chocolate Factory debacle earlier this year? In North America they advertise these shows as Monster Truck Show(war,races etc) People expect there to be more than one truck that is crushing cars, obstacle etc...and by obstacle we all expect more than one lol The picture of the add shows multiple different trucks,thus one would expect there to be more than one truck!
People will charge what people will pay. Why do people think that people will not charge a fortune if you put your hand in your pocket. Stop paying silly money and you won't get ripped off.
Must be grateful that the AI didn't promise cunning stunts in rough cut punts
But it's endemic in UK: overpriced overpromised and underdelivered events from chancers preying off desire of parents to find something, anything, to keep their younglings amused
Lol stop it the humour its killing me 😂😂😂😂
Great vlog can't stand rip offs
To be fair they probably saw that ever other company is doing the same thing, ripping off the British people for as much money as they can get, nothing is being done about them doing it, so others are doing the exact same thing..
Ask for forgiveness instead of permission.
It might have been more enjoyable of Miss Cupid Stunt had turned up.
Geoff buys fuck all this channel should be named! You talk utter boring pish mate
Imagine going to NEC classic car show and there's only one classic car but you weren't ripped off, you didn't read the poster properly.
Or going to Chelsea Flower Show and it's just a solitary rose... ;)
@@shytot4x450 acres of …..nothing and a pot plant.
@@xr6ladworth it 😮....ohh you mean a plant in a pot...
Then yeah not worth
A number of years ago there was a steam festival. It appeared that the organiser couldn't make the monies stretch, and so at the end of it he announced (possibly from a safe distance away) that he didn't have the money to pay the traction engine owners their coaling and haulage money. There were no threats of court action, nor violence for that matter. All the traction engine owners did was drive their engines to every exit point and park the engines up there. It was enlightening how soon the money could be found with all the attendees trapped on site. It appears that there are very few people who can drive traction engines.
Well it was advertised as mayhem! 😊
Yep, mayhem caused by traffic jams and angry punters!!!😮😂😢
Wrong sort of mayhem.
@@alanflint7732
Mayhem is mayhem! 😊😊😊
Keep up the great work Geoff. You are doing better journalism than the so called journalists
And more importantly Geoff's reporting is honest and factual (investigated and fact checked) - something that's been missing in MSM reporting
Perhaps he has his own Mariana Trench to weed out ‘misinformation’🤨🤣
When I got to an Air Show, I don't expect to see... Air!
Sounds like a Monster Truck up, Geoff....🤨
Even the poster had more than 1 monster truck in it
So proud of my parent's R.I.P Mum
Who wen i was a child , dragged me round welsh slate mine museums, Beamish museum, York Railway Museum, regular visits to the beach with enuff food to sink a battleship ..........
Simple as that
Me too. We went up all the castles in wales and ended up on the beach.
Yup - When my brothers & sisters wanted Birthday Parties & lots of mates over, I wanted to go for a drive to some place we'd never been before, castles, cliffs, mountains, beaches, caves, moors, abbeys, great houses - as my Birthday nears, I'm getting itchy feet and think back on all those wonderful Adventures and places I saw with my family. My Dad was great for that, bless him...
@matthewc.419 Beamish museum is good value if you live not too far away from the museum, the adult ticket price is £27.95 and is also a season ticket that allows you to return as many times as you'd like for a full year
Ps it now takes well over a day to get around the museum since the new 1950s section opened
I just commented something similar... We would go to the beach for the whole day, a long walk in the hills, some boring old castle or house... Never these "packaged" events. What changed?
@@neil1997 each generation gets weaker more Broke and more stupid
My mum R.I.P , taking us all to Monsrate in Spain , I learnt more from these Trips than I did in school
I so so miss my Mum ........." she was never wrong " ever !!!!!!!
Rule #1 Avoid people if you want to enjoy yourself. Totally agree with heading off for a picnic.
Rule #2 Avoid travel on Bank Holidays.
This is the problem now everyone is treated as a mug punter
My trouble is that I'm old enough to remember when thrills and entertainment took precedent over health and safety and insurance company requirements.
just watched a video explaining why monster truck shows are pretty much done because of pollution and risk of debris flying into the crowd
@@fredEVOIX EVERYTHING has a "risk" though !
My dad said the luftwaffe always put on a good show !
@russthebiker They did ,.but today's little globalist Commu Nazis like Starmer Sunak Davey and co are sold out to the NEW fascists of the New World Order . Jane Goodall of the WEF openly spouts a population of less than a Billion is what's needed . She along with her colleagues want half that actually. Jacques Attali went one further in a 1980s televised interview . It's in subtitled French but well worth finding to show normies who don't see it .
Truck fest has more than one truck. A car show would have more than one car.
The other problem is you could have gotten away with this in the 80s because even the sight of a monster truck would have been epic. Now we have access to the internet and what is out there it just won't fly.
Plus all the stuff on TV channels, internet vlogs around the world showing their local truckfests etc.
The poster has four different monster truck pictures
Who remembers playing Monster Trucks and Destruction Derby on the playstation 1? Good times
Oh yea yea yea❤😂
Destruction Derby was great! 🎮👍
Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Super Off Road, im that old.
Hardcore 4x4 on PS1
Absolutely agree with the last sentence Geoff, my family and a friend spent a beautiful afternoon this weekend in a quiet Dale in Yorkshire. Not a single person, a little beck to paddle in and the whole afternoon cost absolutely nothing
As with contracts we have to read the smallprint and scrutinise, I'm sick of being robbed of the little money we have left, 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
If he had put "1 truck" in the advertising, nobody would have shown up - scam artist.
Is that the same 'David Bailey' from the 1970s Olympus Trip camera TV ad?
With Arthur Daley asking, 'Who do you think you are, David Bailey?' and it is....😲😳
If you can't keep a naturally aspirated 400 cube Chev cool on a very mild 25 degree day, you probably should not be responsible for more important engineering requirements, such as suspension and steering of a vehicle that is "performing gravity defying stunts" near spectators.
Monster truck operators obviously clueless too.
On the overcharging scam, why do people pay exorbitant prices and then wing about it?
If everybody refused to accept this wholesale abuse, the opportunists could not get away
with it at every event they attended. Perhaps it's because as a nation we are ashamed of standing up for ethics and integrity and just suck it up like the rest of the idiots in the UK, an opportunists paradise.
Dont worry. Most of the people were from Tolladine and they would have loved it.... It went past more times than the bus doesn't
So a beer festival would have just one beer? and a Balloon festival, just one Balloon?
That was a great video Geoff, definitely better journalism than the ones that call themselves so called journalists.
I got riiped off years ago me and my wife and 4 kids we went to santas grotto and to see the reindeers and snow in DUBAI it cost £1200 for a family ticket. it was so hot boiling , kids hated the heat .2 Reindeers passed out and santa had a funny dark tan with a white beard .
"2 Raindears passed out" 😂
More misreading again. They were obviously stating that their Santa was grotty!
I'd have passed out at that price! 💰🤣👍
Gone to Finland for the real deal.
More fool you for even thinking about going, never mind paying that amount. Fools and their money.
Something changed in this country...i distinctly remember as a kid (80s) there being very few organised events like these... Well we certainly never went to them if they were on...
Do people only go out the house if they have a "destination" to go to? Is it FOMO? Is it so people have something in common to talk about with colleagues/school parents?
“ it was only advertised as a Monster Truck”. (singular). I guess this David Bailey character is much better at Pedantry than he is at staging events. PMSL 🤣
Showtime events websites has also disappeared!!😮
I'll stick to Monster Munch thanks,cheaper.
I'm a Brit living Stateside, I have not seen a monster truck event advertised here in almost 20 years, its way past its sell date here.
I'm following your instructions Geoff!I'm off to Harlyn Bay for a burger and a bit of paddle boarding with the Mrs and boy 🌊
I’ve owned standard pick up trucks with larger engines than 6.6L!
I'm trying to understand why anyone would want to spend the day watching a pick-up truck (overheat!)... I am obviously missing something.
Thank you for speaking up about the issues raised by everyone that attended the media seem to have missed the point
In future whenever I goto a "car show", I expect to just see the one car....
Shouldnt had more than 1 type design of truck then as that is deliberately done to make it look like more than 1 be on show there
Must be the same ones that went around Australia last year or the year before, was all over facebook people saying not to go but people still went and were very unhappy
There is one thing that is a good outcome of this. Anyone who owns a MK1 Ford Focus hatch or estate will now have a rarer car now after seeing this video.
Excellent I can advertise my mk1 focus for twice its value
@@Madmark50484so £10 now 😂👍. Lol sorry 😅
Everything These days is a Disappointment !
Especially most of the humans.
That's excatly what the GF says
The Defying Gravity bit of that Statement got me😭
So if I go to a Custom Car show, or Classic car show I am to expect one custom car or one classic car.. The "Ideal Home Exhibition" will only feature one Ideal home.
A place in the Sun will feature just one place in the sun etc etc
Yes you got it. Top gear only features one gear. Etc.
Sounds like a bit of a monster truck up, 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
"Traveling fair ground operators flout the rules, over charge, and provide substandard service with zero care for the punters" - yeah, that checks out, that's been pretty much standard practice for the last 50+ years or more. But you're not allowed to criticise them any more because these days they are part of a protected class and you're not allowed to notice things like that.
Do these fairs exist anymore. I remember when I was a kid and young teen 80’s/90’s fairs going to a few parks near where I lived. They stopped coming to the park that wasn’t far from my house and then the one that came to my nearest town turned into just a little kids fair. No idea if that still comes now. It was a place for all the teenagers to hang out and something for them to do for a week. Everything’ now is shit.
@@michellebooth327 Yep, those fairgrounds still exist. There was one near where I live a fortnight ago. It usually goes to three locations in town for a week each.
They're a complete rip-off, and if you complain they'll beat you up. Can't be prosecuted because they're a 'protected minority'. Best avoided.
6.6L normally aspirated v8 is a tiny engine for one of those assuming it’s accurate
They're normally around 8 litres, use alcohol dragster motors and burn methanol......which keeps them cool.
In Burgerland those things have 1000+bhp engines, easily.
We're not in America. We don't really have access to huge v8's
@@loonaticsrunningtheassylum
Yes we do, how do you think the drag racers get on, they blow motors regularly.
@@AntonHoward-mx9sb They like top fuel dragsters (cars) GM/Ford/Toyota all use a Chrysler HEMI..
Just like they all do like drag boat racing,truck pulling,monster trucks etc...1960's Chrysler 426 Hemi engine and bored out from the stock 7.0 liter 426 cubic inch to larger and produce over 2,000 hp and 11,000 hp and more! Example a 9.2 Liter 565 cubic inch 2000 plus naturally aspirated HEMI engine.
21:30 point
To quoted a guy saying that he booked the tickets in February. How can the council, Police, medical services say they didn’t know about it?????
So assume he booked the online tickets on the last day in February, that leaves March April, May half of June to figure it out?!?! 3.5 months!!
In the United States, there’s a permitting process for the stuff specifically designed to cover this stuff
Lol,so what's happened to all the fun stuff like banger racing, grass track, speedway, etc.was always cheap. The smell of Castrol R, jumpers for goalposts.....
Sounds like an English Sunday afternoon version of Woodstock 99. Are these organisers the sort of people who might live in caravans?
Or the more recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory festival debacle. That was so sad it was funny. Marketing, eh? 😮
'Molly coddling-everyone has to win'
My sons sports day last week..
They usually have 6 Yr groups, each with four different colours.. At the end, the colour from each group with the most points, wins..
This year, nobody was allowed to wear their colours, each activity was rubbish and a week later, we still don't know who won 😅
The world has gone mad!!
No one's allowed to win now.... That's just not "inclusive" enough 🙄
The little diddums might be upset if they didn't get a point, welcome to the real world!
@@loonaticsrunningtheassylum it's not all schools. My 2 boys have both got sports days with a mixture of lame games and full-on competitive events albeit only one actual race per year group but split by house colours and into heats and finals with actual 1st,2nd and 3rd place medals. There most definitely are winners and losers in that.
One of my Dad's workmates took his son to the monster truck show in Newcastle and they had pretty much the same complaints.
It rhymes with stunts
The old question, "What Is The Difference Between A Magician's Wand And A Policeman's Truncheon?"
"Well, The Magician's Wand Is Used For Cunning Stunts, Whereas The Policeman's Truncheon Is Used For ...............!"
@COIcultist assaulting the public?..... Ooh 😜
David Bailey certainly sounds like a bit of a stunt.
What is it with the UK and scam events this year?
No footage?
I think David Bailey better stick to photography lol.
I'n the immortal words of Brian Pringle, "David Bailey, Whose He?"
George Cole actually said, "David Bailey? I've Got All Your Records!"
@@COIcultist Haha old as me
The first warning should have been monster trucks show on a playing field!!!!! Dr evil ok.
I thought it was the Worcester Balloon Festival and this was the additional attraction in case it was too windy for the balloons to fly like it was a few years ago to the great disappointment of the huge crowds.
monster jam come to the uk ive been twice Cardiff and Coventry and was amazing
Looking forward to his Christmas Event - muddy Monster Santa Grotty Grotto, Drunk Elves and a 3 legged Reindeer
I stopped going to the classic car show because by the time I pay for tickets then the parking ( some shows parking I believe is free), add to that my our fuel the bill for the few hours that we eould be there was £100 ( I dint include any snacks or drinks as this would add another 20- 30 quid . Now I stick to local shows .
There was a similar event up North but fb advertising showed a film preview that was a little more honest containing live footage. It looked very much the same set up as this one. Expectations eh ?
I can play the spoons (plural) if David wants to book me next year. 👌
with the expensive catering, the events charge a fortune to stallholders for Burgers and Ice Creams
Geoff that's being going on for ages over processing and under deliver.
In the opening to your video, you showed a still picture of the monster truck jumping over several cars.
I was hoping they were EVs!!
If people want to see proper monster trucks. You have monster nationals at Santa pod in august. Properly run limited tickets ( and has been running for years ) and rocket cars what more could you want
Absolutely 💯. I can remember what the Pod was like in the 1960s, its improved beyond all recognition now but I still miss the old days.
Worcestershshire residents be wary of incoming Lapland Experience, this coming December.😉
1 stuffed reindeer and a couple of poundland Christmas trees and some elves recruited from the dole queue.
It's run by Showtime events, everything they do is a disappointment. The Balloon event Friday and Saturday was crap. Show time and David Bailey are from Desborough in Northants so they do a few events there like beer festival and balloon festival. They are a glorified fun fair tbh. Good thing about balloons if they do go up if the wind is low enough, you don't have to pay to go in as you can see them outside as they rise. I did this in Worcester the day before the Monster truck thing. No balloons and no comms/updates after 630pm so I gave up by 830pm. I should say David isn't responsible for the weather and people should take their own precautions if it's hot and sunny or rainy. And if people use public transport as I did then it's easier for the people who need to travel by car. The path that crosses the car park access is a right of way for pedestrians so they can't close it off. You should see Bristol traffic when their balloon event is on.🙈
How much money did they make.?
Must of been a lot.
Whilst not taking anything away from the horrendous organisation, the comments about people barging their way in, queue jumping, pushing kids out of the way to get a better view etc... highlights how low our standards of care & consideration for our fellow man are. I have got to the point where I don't want to go out to large events anymore, mainly because the organisers treat you like cattle, and the attendees act like animals.
The "safety measures" of the slide being a nurse with a tube of burns cream is ridiculous... I remember learning at uni about the Sociology trope of accountants deciding that an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff was better value for money than a fence at the top.
Loving it! Suddenly semantics is a legitimate defense. Monster truck(s) ? More like monster money munch ...Love the UK. Bent gambling Tories and no-show monster trucks. Bring back the wet weather! Thanks Geoff.
How were the hot air balloons ?
Probably like politicians - full of hot air!
Sounds like a nightmare 😮
Thanks Geoff great work.....i just dont do these kind of events they are designed to rip your family off. A planned day out well researched play, food,drink and activities works. Ive a great wicker picnic basket load it sorted. Can always buy ice cream. Hopefully it will be reasonable.Geoff me and you same page hadnt got to your final comments when i posted.
Deleted Facebook page. Class action? That companies dissolution papers will be submitted tomorrow.
There was once a David Bailey who did the photographs for page 3 girls, I thought you were gonna
say its connected 😅
Looks like Ardingly in Sussex is the next event to have similar hype, I've seen two posters on Facebook, one shows the main summer event, the other hypes the monster truck as if it's the main event 10/08/2024
Showtime events are the ones that need the grief, its a bit unfair that the monster truck show seem to be carrying the can. Who arranged the adverts and other publicity?????
Truck shouldn't overheat if the coolant system was properly sorted. Hose popped in a short show? Dodgy mechanics. Form over function. Looks great, but it's a dog underneath.
Do your prospective event research folks!
Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Bar
If people buy at obviously inflated prices, people will sell it at inflated prices. Thats the problem, fools that perpetuate the problem. Dont buy! And tell them why not.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:20
@jameschambers6975 👍 yes.
Following from my comments yesterday you can 2atch a monster truck at Skegness raceway actually crushing cars along with the stock car and banger racing. £18 for adults £9 for kids and under 12s free. All done safely.
In other words, the monster trucker nearly got a Woostershire Pitchfork rebellion and they would have strung him up.🤣🤣🤣
well geoff another battery recycling plant poisions glasgow at linwood caused by changing technologies (ev batterys) but no one says it
They should have gone to scale Xectric .
The only Real Monster Truck show ( Monster Jam ) Grave Digger etc ' this Year is in Cardiff on 6th July 2024
I think the fact it’s Advertised, one expects a Monster Truck’s Show this is usually the case so public have been miss informed 😢and seems fraudulent to me sounds like an absolute disaster😮
Sounds like the "No Homers club" from the Simpsons which has one Homer because of the plural nature of the club name (they are allowed one Homer...)
The slide oh my word. The first aider should know better. You should ALWAYS check they are TRAINED and QUALIFIED.
Don't care if the car / uniform looks the business. CHECK.
i didn't see any monster trucks, probably said by people thinking they will find anything inspiring at Glastonbury
Don’t think they’d be aloud to do certain jumps anyway… u know how H&S is…
No good suing the guy. He won’t have anything. And you’ll end up with another bill.
Not even Kevin Talbot was there?
In the 80s i went to a monster truck show in the car park the 2 trucks had tractor wheels, I just thought that's just how they transport them. No, it was their proper wheels. The show was bad, even though i loved monster trucks.
So, if you go to a dog show, only expect one dog.
Didn't you guys on that side of the pond have some sort of imitation Charlie & the Chocolate Factory debacle earlier this year?
In North America they advertise these shows as Monster Truck Show(war,races etc) People expect there to be more than one truck that is crushing cars, obstacle etc...and by obstacle we all expect more than one lol
The picture of the add shows multiple different trucks,thus one would expect there to be more than one truck!
Yes there was, I laughed my ass off when I saw the footage 😂😂
People will charge what people will pay. Why do people think that people will not charge a fortune if you put your hand in your pocket. Stop paying silly money and you won't get ripped off.
They were not there as the organisers didnt have the money to pay for them probably.
Licenced to print money...