UK VCF?

[Rob]

On 03/08/07, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> some years back for such an event with an eccentric friend of mine, we
> came to the conclusion that suitable rooms (large, solid floor that they
> didn't main us putting 19" racks on, enough power capacity for running a
> few minis) werre very few and far between, and those we did find were too
> expensive, based onthe number of people we expected to attend.
>
> I usspect such venues may be cheaper out of London, but then I wouldn't
> attend.
>

I had a couple of years experience in the Dog Show scene, some time
back, and found that sports halls (school, college and stand-alone)
tended to get used a lot.  They ranged from fairly big to Huge, and
had solid floors.  For a VCF, though, power might be an issue -
sockets were obviously not a priority in most of their designs....  I
got the impression that they were usually, at least at the time,
fairly cheap to hire,