Belvoir Castle - 19 May 2012

[Steam Scenes]

Rain made an unfortunate return to Belvoir Castle today after several years of good weather previously. I understand it rained all night and this turned the site into a bit of a mud bath and stopped all engine movements. Never-the-less there was much to look at and several engines were making their debut at the event.

A small selection of photographs that I took.

Ruston Hornsby 122282 arrive yesterday after a good journey by road:



Fowler 19356, which has undergone recent restoration and one I have not seen before:




Ransomes Sims & Jefferies 20760 which was recently sold and moved to Leicestershire:




Sentinel 9084 which I have not seen at a rally since Belvoir Castle in 2004:




Aveling & Porter 5163, a first time appearance at the rally:




And a few more:

Burrell 3926:




Fowler 9271



Fowler 15441



Fowler 16433




Garrett 33566 getting a tow:




Foden 13138




Foster 14589



The view as a left the site this afternoon:

[QLDriver]

You have your fowlers mixed up David. That's not 9924! It's actually 9271.

[Steam Scenes]

Originally Posted by QLDriver

You have your fowlers mixed up David. That's not 9924! It's actually 9271.

Doh - rushing to get them online. I have changed it. Thank you.

[QLDriver]

They do share a shed, and look very similar, so it's an easy mistake to make!

[steamenginedriver]

Here's some of my photos.. It didn't rain again after the downpour over friday night, and the ground got a little better on Sunday, although most things had to be towed off site.


friday Evening - Breakdown lorries having to be towed on to the site.









Sunday Afternoon

[buzzy bee]

I always see little green patches of good ground under engines at muddy rallies, funny what you see.. Looks a good rally. :-)

[suzukiman]

Originally Posted by buzzy bee

I always see little green patches of good ground under engines at muddy rallies, funny what you see.. :-)

Probably where the heat from under the boiler has dried the ground where the engine has been standing !..

Cheers

Tez

[buzzy bee]

I would think it is just where the ground hasn't been trampled on, or poached I think the term is.

[iain]

Well we had fun getting out. Got off the feild ok but there was loads of mud on the road going up the hill we were sideways a lot of the time but kept it going. Then out on the road there is a steep hill to negotiate. We'd cleaned the wheels as best as we could, but there was mud on the road and starting to go down it was slipping so chocked up and waited for a tractor to come from the site to act as an anchor. Just wasnt worth the risk as its a long old hill! makes you see the advantages of rubber tyres!

[sparkright]

Well done Tom - looks great!