I am glad that I went to Salute in the end. It was a grand show and meeting so many people there I hadn't seen for quite a wile was a treat!
My thoughts exactly
This was the best Salute I've ever had in terms of getting in - I turned up at 10.20 and the queue was gone - I just walked straight in! Astonishing! Well done The Warlords - you've finally cracked it!
As usual, you hear conflicting opinions about numbers. A couple of traders told me they thought numbers were down on last year. A couple of others told me they had been busier than ever and rushed off their feet. It was certainly difficult to get to see some of the trade stands I wanted to. Just too rammed, and after the first couple of scrums, I just give up because I can't hack constantly being barged...
I thought the games were better as a whole this year too. Lots of spectaculars, lots of nice little bijou skirmish tables, and barely a Subbuteo cloth in sight - although there were one or two tatty offerings, where you wonder why they bother. But the count of good stuff seemed much higher than previous years. Hurrah.