Abergavenny Steam Rally (26th - 27th May, 2024)
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.
Abergavenny is less than an hour from our home but we haven't been for 9 years! Back then it then appeared to be fading away steamwise and since there has always been something else to do over the late May Bank Holiday. As such a revisit was overdue. We were pleasantly surprised to find 15 engines present of which 1/3 were from the Saunders collective - who also provided some excellent traditional stage entertainment.
Once again this year there was no new engine for me and the main disappointment was that the ground was far too wet for a parade. There had been overnight rain on top of what is now a notoriously wet spell. However, the short road run around three sides of Bailey Park was unaffected which was just as well as most engines then hid along a tree covered road. The occasional patches of mud didn't put the punters off and attendance on Sunday was good.
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Steam Rollers
General Engines
Wagon
Showman's Engines
