Dawlish News
Report the seller to the police if it bothers you so much.
Here's a different version of the story. Committee blame council for being forced to cancel Dawlish Air Show after overspend on Big Weekend. The popular event, which has taken place for the past decade will not take place in 2017 because the committee blame the council for overspending on Radio 1's Big Weekend. In May 2016 50,000 music fans attended Radio 1's Big Weekend at ...
@Dil The reason people have a problem with this event is because it is being financed by the taxpayer (BBC & Council Tax), yet are being ripped off as though it is a normal commercial venture. It is not comparable to a concert at the O2.
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Just don't bother reading it if this thread upsets you so much.
@Mcjprc Are you seriously suggesting that Powderham does not host large concerts? Let's Rock Exeter, Olly Murs... But whether it be 5,000 or 25,000, I don't believe the vast majority of concert-goers spend any money outside the venue.
Powderham hosts quite a few large events, is the town deluged with visitors from these? And I'm not the one phoning around the local camp sites trying to prove a point.
Maybe they are busy just because it's the bank holiday weekend, did they ask everybody why they were coming to stay?
I have never been to a festival event where I was searched on entry with food and drink being confiscated. I wouldn't attend such an event on principle.
As people attending the concerts are strictly prohibited from taking their own food and drink into the site, the local off licences and food shops would be foolish to overstock. From the BBC website: No food or drink can be taken into the site - with the exception of personal supplies of water in a plastic container with an unbroken seal (up to 500 ml per person); or special medical supplies ...