Hello again at last. My luck hasn't been great this round - since the last post I seem to have spent my time either doing seminars or having migraines - there's clearly some Faustian pact going on here but it's probably best I don't think about it... Regardless of the foibles of my head, let's dive into the backlog of non-posted blog entries, starting with Runcorn.
It seems a little far away with all the rotten weather we've had of late, but it was a lovely day in the north west when we hit Runcorn for the first of the larger venues. All was well, and Mike was doing good having overcome his "Presentation Virgin" nerves on the Monday. Even our setup of kit went better than usual - all done in about 3 hours, including a super-efficient unloading of several tonnes of kit from the lorry in only 35mins in order to beat the arrival of three coachloads of American tourists (although what they were doing sightseeing in Runcorn is unclear, given I thought they only ever did the tourist "axis of evil" of London-Oxford-Stratford, then straight back on the plane).
I did have a funky series of photos of the setup, showing the demo stands in various states of assembly, but after the Great Phone Corruption, they've all gone :( You'll just have to imagine them, I'm afraid.
The day itself went very well, with plenty of familiar faces and some good sessions. We picked up some handy tips, too, but in the general disappearance of things, I've lost track of the exact details of who said what where, so I'm going to put a single big update entry of all the tips and tools we've had so far after the individual entries, if that makes sense... Don't worry - if you passed some info on, it'll come in the later blog.
The other predictably missing photo is of the unexpected end to the day. Just as the intrepid people about to do the Certification exam were starting, the fire alarm went off in the hotel, leading to an inpromptu bit of sunbathing for everyone. Again, I'm afraid you'll just have to imagine the sight of a car park full of RM staff and customers milling about randomly waiting to have the false alarm confirmed.
Having waved everyone off and packed up, we spent the evening watching the Champions League final, hoping there was some way that both sides could lose - the team contains Oxford, Arsenal and Liverpool fans, so not exactly committed to the continued domination of English football by the Red and Blue Menaces ;)
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