A bit of forward planning?

From a bygone age, when I could fit into size 30 jeans, drink ten pints and walk a straight line. It was a re fight of the Battle Of Hanau from a show at Chester le Street. 

Well the sun is shining through my window which hides the fact we are still in lock-down. I hope everyone is staying sane and beavering away at this wonderful hobby which I still think is enjoying a bit of a golden age.
 Of course it is increasingly difficult to apply oneself to a painting project when there is no pressure to complete the unit you are currently working on.
 That was the beauty of wargames shows for me when I was actually staging games at the shows. It was a great incentive to hit the deadline, with some newly painted units completed for the big day.
 Sadly all 'big days' are on indefinite hold given the current crisis.
Most of the big wargames shows are postponed until 2021 and the ones that take place at the latter part of this year must be looking increasingly suspect and apart from Reading are the more modest shows.
 And yet...... A lot of solo wargames firms and I use the term lightly must be under intense pressure to keep going. I would argue that even the bigger ones must be suffering especially when our postal service is heading for a three day week which I predict to be announced early next week.
 So in an attempt to look at the potential positives wouldnt it be great if the wargames clubs and individuals  in the various regional areas of the UK  could put provisional plans together to stage wargames shows for the latter part of this year in anticipation of the enforced isolationism being lifted, which it will.
 I fully appreciate that hiring halls and venues is a big financial commitment, Im not talking about something the size of Salute, York or Partizan, more the size of a large community centre hall or the like.
 Given how quickly I am using up my store of paint, glue, bases and figures I expect to be scratching around for something to paint within a month. I suppose I could always take a brush to my garden shed after that but I class myself as better prepared than a lot of wargamers who actually have a life outside of wargaming and couldnt stockpile the necessary prior to the lock-down.
 By the summer I can see a lot of very desperate wargamers pining for some serious retail therapy and a fix of toys being pushed across a wargames table.
  I cant remember how many wargames shows are currently penciled in for the late summer, autumn time but Im certain its not enough to satisfy the demands of wargamers and certainly wont help a lot of the small traders who wont be booked in for these few remaining shows.  So perhaps its time for some forward planning from any would be wargaming entrepreneurs and anticipate the return to something like normality later this year.