Postby Paul Savage 1568 » January 4th, 2011, 11:51 am
Hi Glenn,
I'm probably the last one to comment. I find it increasingly difficult to find the time or afford the ever increasing costs of travelling great distances. I would imagine that I'm not the only one being affected the by ever increasing costs of dragging a caravan around the country.
The hire costs of portaloo's and Elson tank in addition to the cost of free food and general refreshments for all soon start to add up. In addition to the unseen, but ever increasing costs of diesel and petrol for the generators and tractor and not forgetting lpg gas of course. All previously paid for by our own LMA and for the benefit of all LMA members in attendence (of which 25 are also members of the group itself ). Expanding the event into a full weekend package c/w free camping (rather than just a one day event) had the effect of further increasing the incurred costs, the funding for which has now been significantly reduced. We previously had to plan for a reasonably good turn out, but if for whatever reason ( bad weather for example) this doesn't happen then it's the LMA's good money gone to waste and there lies the problem that we have experienced over the past few years. The costs have increased and numbers in attendance are generally in decline, perhaps due to the same reason as my opening statement. We're pretty certain that we'll be hosting a Fly-In for the LMA again this year. Dates and details should be available by the end of January.
