03-05-2022, 01:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2022, 02:11 PM by ppppenguin.)
Not being on the BVWS committee I have no real influence on the location of meetings. The north/south divide is an age old problem, not just limited to the BVWS.
I don't know where the weighted centre of Retrotech visitors might lie. What's certain is that the UK is bottom heavy, with London and the home counties having something approaching a quarter of the entire population. Hence a lot of us will be travelling to the midlands from the south. I don't know what fraction of the population is within reasonable day-trip range. London, E&W Midlands towns, Leeds, Manchester for certain. Quite likely more than half the population. Fuel is expensive, so is accommodation for those who are travelling further. Car sharing helps but ultimately it's unlikely that a big meeting in Newcastle or Glasgow is going to attract the numbers needed to make it viable.
If you live in Falmouth, Falkirk or Fakenham it's a long way.
I don't know where the weighted centre of Retrotech visitors might lie. What's certain is that the UK is bottom heavy, with London and the home counties having something approaching a quarter of the entire population. Hence a lot of us will be travelling to the midlands from the south. I don't know what fraction of the population is within reasonable day-trip range. London, E&W Midlands towns, Leeds, Manchester for certain. Quite likely more than half the population. Fuel is expensive, so is accommodation for those who are travelling further. Car sharing helps but ultimately it's unlikely that a big meeting in Newcastle or Glasgow is going to attract the numbers needed to make it viable.
If you live in Falmouth, Falkirk or Fakenham it's a long way.
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