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But while I'm on, out of interest, are there any official attendance figures for the event ?
As Sam and I said in the Saturday night "thank you" session, and as has been mentioned in a few places online including the PegasoPodcast interview with Grant and Susan, HUBB UK 2013 ended up being the biggest event in the history of HU. Attendance far exceeded the circa 700 from the 10th anniversary event in 2010 (though wasn't it good how it still felt relaxed and not at all crowded?)

We're keeping the exact number just for internal reference - mainly because we don't feel it's the best yardstick of success. The important thing is what people got out of being there.
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As Sam and I said in the Saturday night "thank you" session, and as has been mentioned in a few places online including the PegasoPodcast interview with Grant and Susan, HUBB UK 2013 ended up being the biggest event in the history of HU. Attendance far exceeded the circa 700 from the 10th anniversary event in 2010 (though wasn't it good how it still felt relaxed and not at all crowded?)

We're keeping the exact number just for internal reference - mainly because we don't feel it's the best yardstick of success. The important thing is what people got out of being there.
I feel a fund raiser here , £1 to enter nearest guess wins prize proceeds to charity and we all get to know the answer

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I am still trying to workout if it was a good thing to attend this year much better than years gone by and thay were good. A bit of aircraft noise ha! ho! one of those things all in all 9 out of 10.

When I got home went out and spent a fortune on a Land Rover Defender 90 so someone got at me
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Can the mods move my picture thread back out of this, since the link takes people to the first page and not the one with my pics in, and of course anyone who's visited here before is likely to click 'last page' and miss it completely.

I'm not being grumpy (for a change) but I did put a lot of effort into taking and then posting the pics, so I would appreciate if people could see them!

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Great news !! What year and model?

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Work is already underway on preparing for 2014 and pre-registration will be going live soon. Will let everyone know when it's there.

Sorry.. late entry.. but just had time to read 10,000 words on the interweb about biking ....and thought I'd add my tuppence worth

Didn't do the survey. Missed that. I do like to lie on those things. Just to mess with peoples heads.

Two points, if I may.

1. This is was the 2nd HUBB meet I have attended (the first left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I swore I would never do another) and Donnington was absolutely brilliant. I enjoyed it so much and would recommend it to anyone I thought would be interested. Well done all.

2. The costs need looking at perhaps. A neighbour friend attended. He's a 4X4 man and was keen to learn what he could. He did however think that £40 each for him and his partner, for the day was a little expensive. He declined to pay and left. Can't really blame him. Perhaps the day rate needs to be lower or 2 for the price of one ? He wasn't intending on camping over as we only live 90 minutes up the M1.
No idea if it was £40 each as I got a weekend pass.

3. I hate it when, having paid a fee to camp, there is an additional fee to use the facilities.. i.e. shower.
I have ridden away from campsites before that do that trick. Its wrong.
Which is why I was glad that the shower blocks with the ' Dynamically Fluid Temperature Control ' were free.


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1. This is was the 2nd HUBB meet I have attended (the first left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I swore I would never do another) and Donnington was absolutely brilliant. I enjoyed it so much and would recommend it to anyone I thought would be interested. Well done all.
Thanks for the feedback Steve. Very glad to hear you enjoyed it. Hope you'll be back next year


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2. The costs need looking at perhaps. A neighbour friend attended. He's a 4X4 man and was keen to learn what he could. He did however think that £40 each for him and his partner, for the day was a little expensive. He declined to pay and left. Can't really blame him. Perhaps the day rate needs to be lower or 2 for the price of one ? He wasn't intending on camping over as we only live 90 minutes up the M1. No idea if it was £40 each as I got a weekend pass.
We're not entirely sure where the confusion about day passes came from. HU has never offered them for this event, has no plans to offer them in the future, and the pricing options were always crystal clear on the website - i.e. full 4-day passes or weekend-only passes (the £40 ones). Can only assume that those who turned up expecting a day pass hadn't taken the time beforehand to find out the details of the event. Which is odd.


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3. I hate it when, having paid a fee to camp, there is an additional fee to use the facilities.. i.e. shower. I have ridden away from campsites before that do that trick. Its wrong. Which is why I was glad that the shower blocks with the ' Dynamically Fluid Temperature Control ' were free.
Nobody paid to camp at HUBB UK - both camping and parking were free (as were the extra showers paid for by HU as you mentioned). The fees were for entry to the presentations and the opportunity to take part in all the activities. Also remember that prices for 2013 were the same as 2012 (and still won't increase in 2014 either) except that there was an extra charge for camping in 2012 (charged by the old venue). The £1 for 5 minutes in the main shower blocks at Donington Park Farmhouse is charged by the venue - not HU. That's just the way they work, partly as a way of managing their very limited mains water supply.

Hope that clarifies things.

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Hi Steve, sorry for not getting back to you faster but I see that Iain has been in touch in the meantime (I’ve been on off having fun at a motorcycle event while he’s been grafting at getting the pages for the HUBB UK 2014 set up).

We were asked a few times this year about doing day passes in 2014 but the decision has been a no – after lots of discussion with Grant and Susan and all the Crew Leaders. We also asked people who are long term attendees, what they thought. We’d love to have a few more people come to the HUBB UK but we are positive that that happening in the form of Day Pass entrants risks damaging the nature of the event.

Thought you’d like to know some of the thoughts that went into this.
The key for most people, and in part why the far great majority come for the full 4 days, and in fact often ask if the event can be longer, is that the atmosphere is so different to travel/overlanding shows. With the event having just had its 13th year we know that the open talk-to-anyone warmth comes from the fact that people are on site camping next to each other for days at a time. New friends are made, ideas swopped and well, you know what I mean. The flow of inspirational presentations spark ideas and then plans can be discussed over evening s and so on. Anyone who popped in for just a day wouldn’t get the benefit.

It’s also important that for everyone who knows, loves and values the event as it is and are on site for full-on learning, ideas sharing and the travel buzz that fits with those things, that they can still be sure of getting into presentations and so on. If we have lots of day visitors then… Well, the good things would start to be watered down and we would risk ending up copying other events. There’s a place for all travel events and the HUBB UK seems to work really well with the slowly grown-into-over-the-years formula. It’s also an issue of having to police things then. Just not the mood of HU.

Having said all of that, I/we really value your thoughts and the tone with which you have passed them on. No event gets better without people getting involved with helping to make it better. That’s one of the reasons why all the volunteers are so important. I’m really pleased that you are coming next year – not long until the new pages go live! And thanks again for the feedback ideas!!!
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I agree wholeheartedly with the above by Sam; it's one of the reasons I love going to an HU event! Having said that, as I can't go next year until Friday evening at the earliest, personally I wouldn’t object to not paying full whack.

All the HU events I've attended have been excellent, and I continue to be grateful for all the efforts that go into organising them.

The old adage still holds true; you can't please everyone all of the time . . . .
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...as I can't go next year until Friday evening at the earliest...
Although we won't be doing day tickets, we will be offering weekend passes again - so you won't have to miss out

We also have a cunning plan to help all those folk with the opposite problem: not being able to make the weekend due to work.
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Although we won't be doing day tickets, we will be offering weekend passes again - so you won't have to miss out
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Excellent - I'd forgotten about the weekend pass! It's becuase of work I can't come earlier. I feel a sickness bug coming on . . . . .
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Does anyone remember what the make and model of those electric bikes were that were flying around the site at this years HUBB? Or perhaps who the vendor was?

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