[Paul Stenning]

As an assistant on the day I was very pleased with how it all went too.

Setting up from my door (A1) was very smooth with everyone getting on with what they needed to do in a calm and polite manner. Clearly a lot of the stallholders are regulars so know how it runs, which is a great help to us.

Again selling wristbands to visitors waiting in the queue helped to get people in quicker and reduces the stress at 10:30am.

I don't know how the figures compared but the hall certainly felt busier to me, especially on early entry. There seemed to be a good atmosphere in the hall too, probably helped by the weather being almost ideal (no rain but not too sunny so the hall doesn't get too warm).

I didn't buy much, in part because of an ongoing house move. I did buy a Philips digital photo frame for £10 in full working order with box, and a TV aerial booster/splitter for £5 which I may need in my new home.