8) Woodvale Rally - a first outing

June 2016 saw a first trip out for the new layout, to the Woodvale Rally in Southport's Victoria Park. The railway tent is a good place for a trial run, as the audience is mostly family-based rather than from the possibly more demanding railway modelling fraternity. Fortunately everything went well, with few operational problems and some (reasonably) well-behaved operators.

The skirting is a set of Kent flags rather than the usual plain fabric, which adds a splash of colour.