The drive to 'The Big Smoke' commenced on 26 April 2025. With stock all prepped and packed the night before, the car was loaded and we were ready to go. The drive down to London was surprisingly uneventful despite our initial anxiety, which was a welcome relief.
After arriving at our hotel for the night, we met Just One More for food, drinks and a good catch-up before being turfed out of the pub to wander back to our hotel rooms. It should have been a good night's sleep, but the room air conditioning didn't work well, leaving the room far too warm for us to sleep properly.
Show Day
Soon enough the show morning had arrived. Showered to wake us up and bellies full of an English breakfast, we were ready to go. On arrival we were directed to our table right near the entrance to the show hall. Setting up is always enjoyable — other vendor friends come over to say their hellos, and sometimes a pre-show trade is done between us.
Then the doors opened. It was fascinating watching the waves of people pass by our table, some drawn over as if by magnetism to see what was available. It was funny watching a few customers having an internal battle with themselves — really wanting to buy pods straight away, but also wanting to look around the rest of the show first.
Our Hoffmannseggii Orange and Yellow Ghosts were very popular at the show and totally sold out. A show first for PostPods was our offering of White Rubber Duckies, which caused a lot of excitement amongst the Rubber Ducky isopod fan base.
Meeting the Community
This show gave us the opportunity to meet some vendors in person that we'd been chatting to for a while. Adam at Micro Exotics was a top guy with a great selection at his table on show day. He was kind enough to trade us Fillipinodillo Nakar isopods and Cubaris Cappuccino Latte isopods, both of which were awesome. We also met Only Pods and IsoLife in person for the first time and had a great long chat with each of them. It was fantastic to meet you both, and we look forward to seeing you again at future shows.
The weather on show day was beautiful — 25°C and not a cloud in sight — so it was nice to briefly stretch our legs out in the sunshine. Thankfully the air con was working at the show venue, so it wasn't too warm inside the hall.
After the show we were kindly invited by Eight-Legged Emporium to join them for a post-show meal at a local Chinese restaurant, along with Kris and Ling's Zoo on Wheels, Jeremy's Wild World and Charlotte. It was such good company, with lots of laughs and absolutely amazing food.
Instead of making the long trip back home on the evening of the show, we treated ourselves to another hotel night's stay — and a better night's rest, now the air con was behaving a little better than the previous night. A much-needed rest after a great show day.
See You at the Next One
The next show we'll be attending is the British Tarantula Show in Warwick on 18 May 2025. We look forward to seeing you all there.
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