sikamalc you are indeed blessed, to get a full refund you did well,
yes there were many store holders who only got a percentage of their deposits back and as poddle pointed out some not many that i know off got nothing at all
the organisers spent many months preparing and spent a lot of money in that preparation which was lost as a result , many store holders spent time and money buying and preparing stock just for this show, for it not to happen ,people like catering can,t cancell thousands of pounds of stock 2 days before as they have already had it delivered
traders who hired vehicles,tents,caravans and hotel rooms just to find out the show was cancelled the day before staff working overtime the list could go on
the royal show and the royal welsh show went on not for all the days but atleast they tried as it was cheaper to open than it was to cancell and look at the misery and backlash that caused(thats another story)
we are supposed to be country folk this is a country show we had a bad year some more than others,with flooding ,foot and mouth and so on
i sympathize with the organizers, the traders and people who's whole life revolve around these shows ,i hope it does not put to many small traders off as this and other shows are the only way that people like me know that they exist the CLA is a fantastic show which i go to every year
i am only a visitor to this show and would hate to see it end