Weeting Rally

To much hassle on thier part comes to mind, most rallys have us with sufferance.

Martin P

Very true Martin. They are keen enough to have us when they are starting off, but when established we are expendable. We may not be (in most cases) as big and interesting looking as the "hot fog" exhibits and vintage vehicles etc, but stationary engines are part of our industrial heritage and should be treated as such. Had we known beforehand that there was a chance of no engines, the time and cost of three admissions (£21) would have been spent elsewhere.

Regards

JohnR

I was very disappointed too. My friend who has a restored organ there had a really bad time - no pitch arranged, no thanks for coming, etc. It seemed to be very steam orientated, but out of all the rollers, no-one seemed to be willing to roll around where people walked, which made it very difficult for people like me who use a disabled scooter/wheelchair. Quite disappointed in all, roll on Thurlow and Haddenham where I hope to see a good number of stationary engines. However Thurlow will be losing it's venue after this year. I hope it's not their last.

Tony(UK)

I don't know the facts but my understanding is that around 6 years ago a few SE men complained about the position of the engines so the organisers decided that rather than accommodating them, they would just stop having them. We went as caravanners around 5 years ago but decided that as there were no engines (and it was very "hot fog" oriented) we would not bother any more. Having said that, it was a very good rally with around 80 Steam engines and attracted a lot of public.

There wasn't the that many "hot fog" machines there this time, but a lot of the non-fog exhibits were on the periphery of the rallyfield so I can understand the complaint.

JohnR

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