The Friday morning was an interesting one trying to arrange everything into a hired van, which was also a first for us. It was a tight squeeze but we eventually succeeded in getting everything in, or so we thought, and we set off up the A96 to Elgin where we were joined by Alisdair Campbell and Jim Watt from the central belt and Angus Higgings making the long trip from Oban.
All was going well and we were looking at completing set up at around 6.30 when we discovered we had left one of the main buildings in Aberdeen. A massive thank you has to go to Angus who after making the journey from Oban then drove Tony back to Aberdeen to pick up the building.
They did however end up having more luck than the rest of us meal wise stopping off at a chip shop on the way. The rest of us set off into the centre of Elgin seeking some sustenance only to find everywhere busy and ended up at a Kebab shop struggling to find things on the menu to take back to our rooms at the hotel.
We were joined on Saturday by Mike. Overall the weekend was successful and we had plenty of interest and some very encouraging comments, including from the exhibition manager which is always a good sign.
As with every outing of a layout we ended up with a list of faults/improvements which we are now in the process of carrying out. Although there is a few possible futher exhibitons with Dunallander in the pipeline we have one confirmed outing which is the 2mm expo at Derby in May 2026. Below are a few photos taken during our outing to Elgin and I will post more shortly.
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