There are only 4 words that can describe this
WGW event, damn cold and quiet. It's easy to forget how cold the wind is when it blows straight in off the sea. We even had a smattering of snow on Sunday morning and we were told by someone who had driven in over the tops they were covered in snow.
The main talking points of this
WGW are the new rules for entering the venues, which basically boiled down to no weapons of any description - a point picked up in
Steampunk Journal's article and the
petition for the closure of the graveyard during both events. The article by Steampunk Journal also
raises some interesting points that should be kept in mind when designing a new outfit or accessorising an existing one. We're not sure about con-safe ones though as we must admit we forgot to ask!
The biggest talking point after this event is the petition set up to close the graveyard for the duration of both events. We don't how or why it's suddenly become such a big issue, perhaps
WGW is getting more popular with both visitors and photographers and its become the 'thing to do' and this event was the tipping point. There are
plans to create a mock graveyard so people wanting photos don't go into the graveyard itself.
Nevertheless we enjoyed the weekend and broke tradition by eating at the
moon and sixpence instead of the magpie. We highly recommend it and think it's a local's secret spot because the other people didn't look like they were in
Whitby for the
Goth Weekend, so we'd say it's recommended to book in advance.
After doing
Comic Con in March, we thought that the floor space was the same as
WGW so we thought we'd try a similar set-up. We thought it worked really well for us but it's difficult to get a good idea because it was really quiet, it probably didn't help that Easter was really early this year so it didn't fall in the school holidays as it usually does. I think a good indication of how quiet it was is that we had a choice of tables in the
Elsinore at 8pm on Saturday! Usually people are spilling out of the door and onto the path outside.We're back in November so we'll try the same set up to see how it goes then.
Highlights of the weekend...
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For all the wrong reasons
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For all the right reasons
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So onwards to our next event
Crewe Steampunk Convivial