Geat Yorkshire Show

[rovers90]

My wife and I visited the Great Yorkshire Show at the Harrogate Showground on Thursday and had a great time - lovely weather, plenty of different trade stands (as in different to a game fair), Black Sheep Brewery bar, forestry demos and great selection of pork pies in the food hall.

 

All unfortunately let down by the fact it took us 1hour 35 minutes to actually get off the show ground and then a further 30 minutes of queuing on the roads to actually get to the A1. It did not take as long to get back home to Newcastle as it did to get off the show ground!! Wasn't impressed - favourite chip shop was closed by the time we got back and I missed the first half of Ice Pilots!!!

 

After 100 and odd years of holding the event you would have thought they would have the traffic system sorted by now:mad1:

[Chris Sheppard]

My wife and I visited the Great Yorkshire Show at the Harrogate Showground on Thursday and had a great time - lovely weather, plenty of different trade stands (as in different to a game fair), Black Sheep Brewery bar, forestry demos and great selection of pork pies in the food hall.

 

All unfortunately let down by the fact it took us 1hour 35 minutes to actually get off the show ground and then a further 30 minutes of queuing on the roads to actually get to the A1. It did not take as long to get back home to Newcastle as it did to get off the show ground!! Wasn't impressed - favourite chip shop was closed by the time we got back and I missed the first half of Ice Pilots!!!

 

After 100 and odd years of holding the event you would have thought they would have the traffic system sorted by now:mad1:

 

Sounds like you did pretty well getting to the A1 that quick They really do need to sort themselves out.

[Goaty]

Thats any event in Harrogate, It always takes longer to do the last 5 or so miles, going in or leaving than the rest of the journey from 80 miles away. Its a conference town with other venues as well. Its a classic money making racket. If shows and events started to move elsewhere they might do something about it.

[treequip]

After 100 and odd years of holding the event you would have thought they would have the traffic system sorted by now:mad1:

 

Twas ever thus, even back in the distant days when I was a kid, it gets worse year on year, lots of cars and small roads.

 

A park and ride system would alleviate the problem but I don’t see some of the “country types” taking to leaving the range rover miles away and rubbing shoulders like the proletariat.