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 2016.
Bloxham is now no more than a medium sized event and arguably the steam engines
are no longer the prime attraction. Compared to our first visit in 2014
there were fewer present and not a single showman's engine which is what ordinary
punters traditionally drool over. Despite appearances from the pictures, the
weather was mediocre, it didn't rain very much admittedly but neither did
the sun stick around for long while we were there between 10.00 and 16.00 on
the Saturday. Possibly the forecast scared away many people as attendance
seemed quite thin. A real bonus for us was that the
journeys to and fro take in some great Cotswold scenery but nevertheless I
suspect it will be two or three years before we go back.