Wet weather plan
At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, isn't the whole point of contingency planning er, anticipating the worse happening? Were there measures in place and were they inadequate or were no measures in place at all? Taken in context, these arrangements and timely announcements (or, lack of them) and the handling of the decision not to allow tickets on Saturday will only increase the perception that the organisers have got lazy and are out of touch.
The campers and traders anticipate bad weather, and so too, will arrangements for the corporate bigwigs have catered for the possibility of rain. But if something as obvious as car parking for the masses was not even considered, or considered and catered for badly, then its a big shame. Kemble is 20 minutes away, could that not have been considered and a shuttle service used? And look at Silverstone - do organisers not watch the news?
The Fairford farmers get a great deal out this event, year after year. But if they're to continue making a decent turn, they need to be able to play their part too and offer psp or some similar contingency (which might present a cost implication). Dispersing car parking would prevent fouling as would using local hard standings. Its a pity that something as glittering as this fell foul to something as obvious as the British weather, but hey ho - roll on 2009.