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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:48 am
by Tony McC
A new big digger show to replace SED, which was permanently cancelled by the organisers last year, has just been announced.
Inaugural bash to be staged at Royal Agricultural Showground at Stoneleigh, near Coventry, in May 2013, it has been given the allegedly catchy title of "Plantworx"
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:12 pm
by lutonlagerlout
at least they didnt call it plant4U
been to stoneleigh park nice easy acess
and hotels
LLL
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:55 pm
by GB_Groundworks
been to a few horse shows at stoneleigh when my sister competed nice place, i look forward to this show hehe plant porn lol
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:50 pm
by henpecked
Might be big now theyve cancelled the Royal Show. 
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:15 pm
by Dave_L
Beer tent :p
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:48 pm
by Tony McC
I stayed at the hotel on the actual showground a few years back. I had a very early meeting at BALI, which is literally just around the corner from the hotel, and so it seemed to make sense. I was pleasantly surprised at the relatively low cost for on-site accommodation and the bloody good food they put on, especially the farmer's breakfast!
I think it's a better venue than bloody-miles-from-anywhere Rockingham, so all we need now is commitment from the major plant dealers and manufacturers.
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:33 pm
by msh paving
Tony McC wrote:I think it's a better venue than bloody-miles-from-anywhere Rockingham, so all we need now is commitment from the major plant dealers and manufacturers.
Rockingham is 45- 60mins from me , stoneleigh is 2 hours ish
but i welcome a new show, SED went down hill after milton keynes MSH 
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:23 pm
by cookiewales
msh paving wrote:Tony McC wrote:I think it's a better venue than bloody-miles-from-anywhere Rockingham, so all we need now is commitment from the major plant dealers and manufacturers.
Rockingham is 45- 60mins from me , stoneleigh is 2 hours ish
but i welcome a new show, SED went down hill after milton keynes MSH
maybe we could make it a brew cabin outing with over night stay count me in :p
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:19 pm
by pickwell paving
Anybody going to the executive hire show?
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:51 pm
by Tony McC
I only went to that "Executive" show the once and felt it was a waste of my time. They didn't really want contractor types and a lot of the kit was of no interest (portable bogs, scissor lifts, etc) so I haven't been back since.
Next jaunt for me, assuming I'm well enough, will be CityScape at EcoBuild in that London next month, but I see that event is being pushed more towards enviro-greenery stuff rather than its previous focus on hard landscaping.