Camper Jam 14

We have never managed to get to Camper Jam before largely because it is generally the weekend before we go on our main holiday and the thought is that it was too much hassle. This year we thought that we would give it a go.
When I booked the tickets I booked into general camping and left it too late to change to club camping with Late Bay entirely my fault!
We were joined by my son James in his t25 van on its first trip since he fitted a new front panel and he travelled down on the Thursday night convinced it would breakdown at some point. His main hope it would be on the way back to save fuel!
Friday lunchtime we were ready for the off:

We arrived just before 3 and I was amazed how many vans were already there as the gates had not opened until 2 pm. We also arrived just as it started to rain, whoopee!
Found a  level spot near a road way just in case it got muddy and set up between showers.

Complete with my son behaving like an arse with his sister looking disdainfully at him!
This is the view across our camping area the following morning

We made our way down to the entertainment area later and had a couple of pints of really rather good real ale from the Hobson's brewery mobile bar and some donuts before listening to some of the ABBA tribute.
It chucked it down over night which was worst for my son sleeping in a tin top with no roof insulation.. The dog didn't like it much either! We also discovered the Gazebo may be showerproof but it not storm proof, there is work to do with the Fabsil  at some point!
Saturday dawned dry and using footwear as the judge went from wellies to trainers to canvas to bare feet over the course of the day and the weather remained great for the rest of the weekend.
The remainder of the weekend consisted of amounts of shopping, drinking, eating and mooching in various quantities before heading home mid afternoon on Sunday.
Nothing broke although the little fridge definitely works better on leccy than gas. Even James got back to Scarborough without breaking down much to his disgust.
So would we go again?
Well its a good show with a pretty chilled atmosphere more so than the bigger Busfest/ Vanfest. The catering was good not being controlled by the venue and there was lots of space to camp if you didn't want to be packed in.
The trade is not huge if you are looking for parts or autojumble buts there is a good variety of the more general stuff.
I can't really comment on the evening entertainment, as with my wife being deaf and partially sighted we tend to give it a miss, but it sounded good and it was certainly loud.
The "festival style" toilet facilities just about coped and they worked hard to keep them serviced but more would be good.
So yes we may go again but would definitely use club camping next time.
Now there is lots of cleaning and repacking to do before heading for the south west next weekend!