Following on from this announcement on 1st March 2021
and the stated demand for a £10 admission fee for a four hour visit to the ‘Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival’ the public response across social media has been virtually unanimous. ‘Not going’.
The rationale for a fee given by Nyetimber is that is covers the costs ‘for a change of location and visitor safety. It also means that stall holders can get a discount.’ Therefore, the public have to pay for stall holders to be able to pay less whilst at the same time the public receive nothing as an incentive. No free drink or food. All the profits go to Nyetimber or to discounts for the stalls….
The public understandably are having none of it.
Interestingly the response from Dorset Council includes this very revealing sentence:
“We have no comment to make on the ticket entrance fee that the organisers have decided to charge.”
Not only are the council using local tax payers money to help support the event, it seems they have no obvious issues with the public also having to fork out a tenner to get in.
Over to the organisers and the respective councils to save face and find a solution promptly then.
Penny Lane
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