A major risk to holding the Fair on the Saturday of the first May Bank Holiday is just that – it’s very early in the year. Climate change is making the winter increasingly wet and in recent Fairs we’ve had major uncertainty around whether the car parks would be in operation and the Greens / Memorial
Gardens firm enough for stalls to be setup. The 2023 Fair incurred additional costs of £668 to mitigate ground conditions. A last minute cancellation would impact the Fair’s income by at least £6,000 and also the village organisations, having bought food to be sold, would have no income to
offset their costs.
