Best wargaming shows to attend?

[vexillia]

14 replies.  No one has posted the correct answer yet.  So I will: "the next one".

[Imperial Dave]

Very good...

[Nick Harbud]

At Newbury it's a bit far south for me I'm afraid. Hopefully we're doing Phalanx this year

This reminds me of when I was automating the Heinz baked bean factory in Wigan - some of the guys there reckoned the foreigners started just south of Manchester!

(Incidentally, for those who may not be familiar with the Phalanx show, this takes place annually in St Helens, due west of Manchester.)

 

[Keraunos]

I wonder if Nick might be dropping hints that he thinks Colours is by far the best show?   

Perchance he is in Command at Colours?

[Imperial Dave]

This reminds me of when I was automating the Heinz baked bean factory in Wigan

 

[Erpingham]

I recall a conversation when I came to uni in Bradford with my friend Mike. He came from Totton, near Southampton. He was asked if he'd ever been to the North before he came away to uni. "Oh yes" he replied "I've been to Oxford".

(For overseas members, England has a pronounced North/South divide. What no one seem to agree is where the boundary is.)

[Nick Harbud]

I wonder if Nick might be dropping hints that he thinks Colours is by far the best show? 

Perchance he is in Command at Colours?

That's me!  This not only makes it the best organised, but at £5 entry, one of the best value shows in the south of England.  See further details on traders, etc, in separate topics on this Forum board. 

[Imperial Dave]

Much cheapness to be fair....

[Adrian Nayler]

This reminds me of when I was automating the Heinz baked bean factory in Wigan . . .

There are times when I wish I could begin an anecdote with such as this. In fact, I feel that none of my anecdotes are going to be complete without it. 

[Jim Webster]

At Newbury it's a bit far south for me I'm afraid. Hopefully we're doing Phalanx this year

This reminds me of when I was automating the Heinz baked bean factory in Wigan - some of the guys there reckoned the foreigners started just south of Manchester!

(Incidentally, for those who may not be familiar with the Phalanx show, this takes place annually in St Helens, due west of Manchester.)

 

Takes us about 2hrs to get to Phalanx. Colours is over five hours away (over seven hours by public transport)

[Imperial Dave]

24 by horse and cart.. 

[Jim Webster]

24 by horse and cart.. 

According to google maps, walking is 95 hours, but is of course non stop. I Suspect that depending on the nature of the horse, the cart, and the load, you'd be better leaving a week 

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Erpingham]

Agreed. A quick Google suggests that a post coach (much more high speed than a horse and cart) could do the London Edinburgh run in 42 hours.  This involved almost constant travel, stopping only for comfort and to change horses.  Speeds got up to a dizzying 12 mph  according to some, only 9mph according to others. Jim would need to execute at least one change, as there would be no direct through route. 

[Jim Webster]

Agreed. A quick Google suggests that a post coach (much more high speed than a horse and cart) could do the London Edinburgh run in 42 hours.  This involved almost constant travel, stopping only for comfort and to change horses.  Speeds got up to a dizzying 12 mph  according to some, only 9mph according to others. Jim would need to execute at least one change, as there would be no direct through route.

Along the west coast it was often commoner to travel by boat/steamer even into the Victorian era.
Doesn't help a lot with Newbury though to be fair