As always, Jake and I made a beeline for the stands with the biggest boats, starting with Fairline and then Princess. Had a good look around a fair few boats, and on both stands managed to come away with the swanky hardback brochures.
Sunseeker was fairly full up by the time that we got there, and there were queues at the five or six boats that they were letting people on. There were a number of other very impressive boats on the stand but they were already owned and weren't being shown to the general public (which I think is pretty poor given that the whole point of the boat show is that you pay your entry so that you can go and look around the boats on the stand). I think the people on the Sunseeker desk sensed by disappointment - I didn't even have to ask for the hardback version before they popped it in the bag.
The show was only on one side of Excel this year - I'm sure it has taken up both sides on previous visits. But, this did mean that after a bite to eat we were able to pop in to the "cruise show" on, which was taking up a small amount of space on the other side. John picked up lots of brochures, which we might have to study when we head over for roast pork tomorrow!
Came home with a bit of a headache so took to my bed for a couple of hours. Still got it now but hoping it will gone in the morning. Definitely looking forward to getting booked in to UCL!
