Cheers Fiona - it's amazing what you can find to make stuff from when you're suffering extreme negative cash flow!
It seems to be going over quite well, but it's only been to 1 show so far... I shall be able to tell more after the next fortnight when I have 3 shows on the trot - fingers x'd!
I've gone very local this year & cut right back Scot (Bryon? I think I'm right!) & only doing a handful - Chop n Rod (London HA), Ogri (my only non-local show, but they've been good to me the last 2 years, so I'm flogging stuff on ebay to try & raise the petrol money to get there!), Chrome & Cruisers (Kent) & Flames n Frame (Kent & Sussex NCC). I've quit doing most of the small rallies, as they really don't pay off, although I would've supported 2 of my locals had they not been canceled - d'oh! I really need to take at least £700 over a weekend to make it work & sadly the smaller club rallies just don't attract the necessary numbers.
I hope to target larger events within the next couple of years, such as Ally Pally's custom show & maybe even the Bulldog, although that's going to take some doing - I'll need to invest in lots of silver before attempting that one! Never mind £700, I'll be needing over £2,000 to make that pay! It'd be great to do things like Brightona, as that's nice & local (I live in North Kent, but spend weekends at my partner's in Hastings - hoping to get somewhere together down that way soonish) but they charge £350 for the pitch & it's only a 1 day event, so you need to do some serious selling. At the moment, too much of my stock is low end, i.e. less than £10, so I'd have to work my little socks off just to cover the pitch fee! lol
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