First cat show - what a disappointment!

[Rachel-C]

So, last week I managed to convince the other half that it would be a lovely day out to visit a cat show and have a mooch around.

Had a look on the internet and found out there was a F/B cat show taking place on Sunday in Salisbury - about 40 miles from us, so not too far if we found out it wasn't really our thing.

So we get up early Sunday morning, made ourselves a little picnic (how sad!) and trundled off to Salisbury.

Some 50 or so minutes later we pull into the car park of what can only be described as a really desolate leisure centre. Only two cars in the car park and I think they belonged to the staff. OH looks at me in disdain, still we soldier on, me being positive thinking that maybe there were so many exhibitors they had been asked to park elsewhere

Alas no! Unfortunately the cat show had been cancelled a few days previously but there was nothing on the cat club's website or on the event page on Facebook. There was a post on the Felis Britannica facebook page but I didn't know of the page's existence until later that evening!

Fast forward to the two of us sitting in an empty leisure centre car park at 10 am on a Sunday morning, supping a cup of tea, eating a sausage roll and watching the tumbleweed drift past. It really was quite comical to be honest, especially when himself ponders for a minute, looks at me with his cup of tea in hand, and says deadpan ... "a couple of years ago I used to spend my weekends crowdsurfing at heavy metal concerts"!!!

Oh what these Maine Coons do to change your life!

Lesson learned - always call the venue before leaving to check that the show still goes on!