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This is one of a series of pages which I have uploaded to
illustrate facets of steam rallies we have attended in the UK.
Such events occur all over the country in the summer months, they are easily
found by using your favourite search engine and may have anything between a
handful of steam engines and hundreds (as at the Great Dorset Steam Fair
which could probably be fairly described as having an excess of riches). Click here for
the overall index for 2024.
When we first visited in 2014, we found Castle Combe to be a 'small
local rally' without working engines
and the steam road engines sitting around with just a brief moment of glory
doing a couple of circuits of the arena. Many of the exhibits not
surprisingly we had seen at South Cerney in 2013 and saw again at the
'Strawberries and Steam' rally later in 2014. So this time, as we had done
in 2022 and 2023 anticipating
something similar, we allocated an afternoon
session which was sufficient.
Indeed the 2023 rally was very similar to 2022, with 20 engines,
just one of which was unfamiliar, more than half in 2023 had been here in 2022.
and of the 16 engines in 2024, half had been here in 2023 and all had
graced my notebook before, some many times. Again there was a healthy
attendance and after the problems in 2022, this year like 2023 saw swift
entry. I believe they have a new steam organiser for 2024, even a small
local show like this needs a refresher from time to time.

Steam Rollers
General Engines
Wagon
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