Well the 2023 season for the Rocks By Rail Museum got off to a great start! With the current squeeze on peoples budgets we were unsure how that might affect the visitor numbers. However the entrance fee remains the same as last year and cafe prices are up only slightly which may make a visit for a family as attractive as last year compared to other venues where prices are up considerably. The true answer to the strategy will only reveal itself at the end of the season. However it seems today that we attracted more visitors then on Easter Sunday last year so certainly a great start! Talking to our guests it seems they had a great time and would be coming back so we are hopefully doing the right things.
Today was a steam day with brake van rides.
Meanwhile the cafe has been brightened up. Shortly after these pictures the gates opened and at one stage it looked as though we were going to run out of food! This was particularly worrying as the food was supposed o be sufficient for today and tomorrow. More supplies are on order!
Talking of tomorrow, it will be a quarry day with the excavators working including the drag line.
Although there will be more going on tomorrow there was still a lot of action today with a birthday tractor run coming to the museum with a host of vintage tractors and one more modern one! They certainly attracted a lot of attention when we parked them up next to the entrance.
No comments:
Post a Comment