Wells House event in Wexford

w124man

Huge event this year with the weather helping things along. Pity I had to spend the whole day keeping grubby little hands dropping ice cream all over the car. One parent had a go at me for asking his little brat kicking my newly refurbed alloys. His comment was that I had brought the car to the wrong place if I didn't want that to happen! I reminded him he was at a car show and not somewhere to let his kids show off their shoddy upbringing!

alastair

Kids and bad parenting are just part and parcel of showing cars these days sadly. Great day out all the same. Were you part of the Merc convoy making it's way down from Dublin? Fair play to Wells house on the barbeque token - got in early and the spit pork was lovely. Only sour note was a learner car filled with silly girls who didn't seem to understand lanes merging when we were trying to leave. Pushed her way in front of the car and her mate gave me the finger as they pulled out the gate. Classy ladies :P. Best of luck with the test love!

Loved the Fiat Dino spider, and the type 34 Karmann Ghia.

w124man

alastair wrote: »

Were you part of the Merc convoy making it's way down from Dublin?

No I wasn't. I live not too far from Wells House, arrived early and left early. Some lovely cars there all right.

Filmer Paradise

Have to say that this was one of the best shows I've ever been at.

Great selection of cars, brilliant setting, plenty to do & the right kind of weather.

I have this one pencilled in for next year already.:)

Zoo4m8

So you didn't sit in the car park for two hours trying to get out then? :mad: great selection of cars for sure but no traffic management in place soured it..

Filmer Paradise

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

So you didn't sit in the car park for two hours trying to get out then? :mad: .

Nope. We tried getting out the main exit at first. Waited about 20 mins.

Then we noticed some cars going out a lane beside the main house. We followed them & we were out in a jiffy.

Result!

Zoo4m8

Nice one! Saw that open up but hemmed in way up the field, a couple of us pointed out to a lad in a Honda if he left a gap the next time the 'queue' moved we all could get down to that exit but of course when he obligingly left the space predictably someone else jumped straight into it and blocked the place up again.
Anyway after about thirty or so cars we saw staff pulling gates across that exit and that was that, mighty shortsighted to put it mildly..

One of those situations where a deep breath is called for , I wouldn't have been bothered only Mrs Zoo had to be in Greystones at six , an hour away..we left at 5.30 and got her there at 6.15...hoping the dreaded envelope won't drop on the mat over the next week or so..

ianobrien

w124man wrote: »

Huge event this year with the weather helping things along. Pity I had to spend the whole day keeping grubby little hands dropping ice cream all over the car. One parent had a go at me for asking his little brat kicking my newly refurbed alloys. His comment was that I had brought the car to the wrong place if I didn't want that to happen! I reminded him he was at a car show and not somewhere to let his kids show off their shoddy upbringing!

It's for that reason I stopped bringing the Escort to the typical local vintage shows. Besides having people leaning against the car (with the studs in the jeans scratching it), tyre kickers, windscreen wiper pullers, etc I've had people pulling at the external trim/chrome rubbing strips and people give out to me because I didn't leave the car unlocked for their viewing pleasure!

The only static shows I generally go to now are same marque ones, or on runs that drive at normal speeds (having experienced the stupid slow speeds that the "local" vintage runs go at, it was so slow the car was starting to foul up!)

alastair

Looks like we just missed the proper delays leaving. We headed off at 4.15, and it probably only took 15-20 minutes to get out. I see on Facebook that people leaving 15 minutes later took an hour and a half to get out the gate.

Silvera

I heard (from a good source) that a lot of the delay when exiting the show was down to staff collecting (entry, 'exit', fees?) from vehicles as they exited. Apparently not 'donations' but set fees - hence delays while people searched for change, etc. Bizzare?!

type85

Sign on the way in clearly said 8 euro per car and pay to exit.

kev1.3s

Silvera wrote: »

I heard (from a good source) that a lot of the delay when exiting the show was down to staff collecting (entry, 'exit', fees?) from vehicles as they exited. Apparently not 'donations' but set fees - hence delays while people searched for change, etc. Bizzare?!

That's how wells house make there money and I for one think it's a small price to pay for the amenities on offer there.

kev1.3s

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Nice one! Saw that open up but hemmed in way up the field, a couple of us pointed out to a lad in a Honda if he left a gap the next time the 'queue' moved we all could get down to that exit but of course when he obligingly left the space predictably someone else jumped straight into it and blocked the place up again.
Anyway after about thirty or so cars we saw staff pulling gates across that exit and that was that, mighty shortsighted to put it mildly..

One of those situations where a deep breath is called for , I wouldn't have been bothered only Mrs Zoo had to be in Greystones at six , an hour away..we left at 5.30 and got her there at 6.15...hoping the dreaded envelope won't drop on the mat over the next week or so..

Ballyedmond is a notorious hot spot for speed camera van, they like shooting fish there 3 or 4 times a week.

Zoo4m8

Silvera wrote: »

I heard (from a good source) that a lot of the delay when exiting the show was down to staff collecting (entry, 'exit', fees?) from vehicles as they exited. Apparently not 'donations' but set fees - hence delays while people searched for change, etc. Bizzare?!

Your source is quite correct..its usual if you visit the various attractions/events round the country to pay to get in, first time I've ever had to pay to get out!
The fee was €8 per car and good value IMO but first you had to find the young lad selling the tokens to present on the way out, there were constant reminders over the tannoy to do so...
But it was at the exit barrier that this system fell apart when large numbers of cars started to leave...from my (very) stationary position in the car park we could see the barrier lifting and falling for every car and what appeared to be one person collecting tokens and of course there would be a percentage who didn't bother/forgot to get tokens holding things up further.
when as it became obvious that they had a problem the barrier was left in the raised position but additional bodies were needed to walk down the queue collecting tokens or money, and why the extra exit mentioned above was not left open is beyond me...
Kev, I was well warned by a number of locals of the Ballyedmond van!

Max Headroom

Went on the bike...no hassle in or out.....smug:)