Great Dorset Steam Fair
 

The rally is on from Augest 27th to Augest 31st. I am sure most of you have hee
ard about it or even been. This year is the 40th gdsf and is sure to be the biggest and the best. Any one else going to the rally? I will be going this year as i have for many in the last 7 years

My only rally of the year driving down from Aberdeen on the Monday and staying untill the Sunday:D:D:D would'nt miss it for the world:cool:


cheers
mark

Yep, I'll be there from the Tuesday.

as will I, all being well, working...

i am going on the tuesday get a good look around as i dont when the rallies on

who else is going 2 this rally

We are going, with the crane on this year,

As we have got new front tyres!!!

Matt

I am going on Thursday morning and leaving Sunday morning.

Same as that...... Thurday ---Sunday

I'm going down on the Tuesday.

I'll try and get details of the TT get-together on here soon - the offer of free beer has already been made...

i dont think you can beat this rally


this wt i look foward 2 most ever year.




ill be there with General Gough and the organ

Wahayyyy!

Well what else can I say! I'll be there from Tue to Sun, especially for the TT do!

and the Sodem Meeting!!

for the first time ever I have a pass (although no engine) so I am sure I will be making a menace of myself at various stages throughout.

Going down tues till sunday morning

Im going down on tues and coming back sunday, not staying on site tho, not taking engine either but looking forward to it as we have never been.
Kev

been preparing engine today although the rally is ages away

Going down on the bank holiday saturday and staying till the monday after the show.

Not going at all. 'Tis too far away with two small people and no money to stay over...*cry

lol wt ever you say jamie lol :D

Has anyone got their passes yet?? We don't seem to have had any yet!!

friends of mine had them about 2 or 4 weeks ago..but they are takin a cralwer so different section

We will be at the top of the play pen again this year parrett cafe

passes
 

yes we have got ours

Ummmmm

i am goin all bein well if i can get frm onslow park 2 there, i willin 2 help road an engine or clean some brass 4 an offer of a lift down there. *think any offers very grateful.

glen

Great! I'm looking forward to your famous brackfast! :p

Slight change of plan, still going to Dorset, But without the crane as we have a do to go to the following weekend and can't get in with the crane on.

Matt

not long to go now

i shall be there from the tuesday till the monday cant wait:):)
Vicky

ill be there monday night. going down monday afternoon

Going wed to sunday, can,t wait. It's my first time @ gdsf (for many many reasons) so really fired up - no pun inteened !

Bungle

The mob will move in on sunday after helping to road peep up. Hope the rain stop's soonthumbsup

I will be there from Thurs to Sun a.m. Not taking anything over. Entered Foden 'Dorset Rambler' but they didn't want it AGAIN. Said I should try next year AGAIN. Seems to be a bit of a CLICK there which I haven't mastered yet!!!

Thats the impression that I get too, I think that they should choose a different selection every year.

Makes no odds to me as I'm not bothered about taking the roller, but on the whole I think that most of the engines seem to have the same pitch every year, gets a bit predictable.

It's a great event but it does seem to re-enact the same engines in the same place every year.

From my (biased) point of view nothing will ever surpass the Burrell event, it was the best, no doubt, followed a close second by the NTET 50 event.
The problem with putting on such fantastic events as these is that following years events seem a bit tame by comparison if you see what I mean.

I would of thought the more the merrier!

Matt

I'd heard a rumour that they were getting lazy & only invites to past exhibitors get sent out if you want to try & get in with a new exhibit.... its a bit difficult..... maybe invest in a dynamo.... ;)

I know someone with a showmans and they wanted to take something else instead but they were told to take the showmans.