I'll be going to have a butchers.

Well lets hope its not like that this sunday.

The Turps launch was a complete mess and I really hope they've learnt from it. What's the point of queuing when the stall holders seemed to be able to buy most of them first?

A Harland Miller print would be great.

I seem to remember the organisers wanting a mess
I quote " we want mayhem and running through the gates it will make good photo"

To be fair it was Marcus Harvey (turps) saw how long that people have queued for and gave out the first 20 tickets to people so that they at least got what they wanted.

lets hope they get their act together this time round.

Not sure about being bad organised, I was one of the 13th in the Q and I have to say Marcus Harvey came out about 5 or 6 am and issue tickets to the first 15 or 20 not sure the exact number. The problem start after that when a few flippers &members that got there after 6 am jumped the Q.
Once the 15 or so went in we got what we wanted, after that all hell broke loose so not sure what more could turps banana team could have done better imo.

The thing is pitch your tent or camping chair early, have a bunter with few good people in the Q, I for sure will be doing that again.

I did see a couple of q jumpers just after a couple of tickets were issued after me, but I have to agree with you James once inside loads of stall holders or their helpers cause most of the shit. Hope to meet u there and have a few cans with the lads.

I was about 30th in the queue and didn't get a ticket. Once inside I was told there was more than one entrance and people were coming in from every which way; not sure if that was true though but it seemed like it. I guess letting the store holders buy prints is like letting the gallery staff buy them at a queue like Stik last week. It seems unfair as it's not a level playing field as their in first.

I particularly enjoyed watching Agent Provocateur treating fellow Q'ers to some freshly made OG's. Would put up a pic if i knew how to.

He's very generous like that, is AP.
He's a diamond!

Where's your gloves ??

I hadn't planned the impromptu spraying session and due to lack of sleep didn't give a rat's a**e at the time Sacked ;D

T'was a quality marathon q'ing session MJ, with yourself, Skitchy, James, Jusdeep and now the Mrs Jusdeep (two weeks ago ) plus names I've forgotten, we had a cracking time (and yep that Lebanese was the mutts nuts!).

It only got a bit tricky in the morning when the Art Car Boot's spokesperson laid out the plan for when they opened the gates... 'Yeah just run in, we want it to be mad...' or something like that! Strain began to show but when the tickets emerged calm was restored.

Queue jumping is shit, and I really feel for people that waited all that time, never got a ticket, and missed out on what they wanted. Tbh I was so goneski by then I never noticed the pushing in behind us or the stall holders getting in the Turps queue. Very badly organised!

But the icing on the cake was when the Turps crew realised they'd handed out the wrong print to the people that had tickets for the Hirst. It wasn't rocket science, they'd put a different coloured sticker on each envelope to denote which artists print was in it, but I still got another random print. In the end they had to chase round the whole Car Boot trying to find the people that should have had the Hirst and rectify their mistake!

A classic 24 hours ;D

Ha ha agentprovocateur I forgot about the mess up with the right prints. I do wonder if anyone went away with a diffent print.

Booking reserved but this is a self catering accommodation and bring your own drinks