Somerset Steam and Country Show, Low Ham, Langport, July 18th - 20th 2014

[Pride of Somerset]

Somerset Steam and Country Show at Low Ham, Langport this coming weekend. The county's premier and longest established steam and vintage event - 59 years this year. Road run on Friday 18th, and rally Saturday and Sunday, 19th & 20th - look forward to seeing you there!

[ewaota]

Will be coming down with Sultan on Thursday. We are cheating, she is coming on the Low Loader. Looking forward to a good weekend.

[James Tilbury]

I will be there Saturday ! do a good selection of miniatures attend?

[fireman dan]

James they normally get about 15 ish miniature attend

Regards
Dan

[International Steam]

For anyone who has tried the web address above and found it gone, the new web address is:
http://somersettractionengineclub.wordpress.com/

Right now the site is pretty basic, the leaflet giving key information is at:
http://somersettractionengineclub.fi...-05-14-3-1.pdf

Hope the weather is kind...

[Tim Mayhew]

Can't wait. All loaded tonight ready, will try and leave work early tomorrow hopefully to be on site around 5.

Lets hope the weather stays fine

Tim

[International Steam]

Can someone 'in the know' let me know what Friday's Road Run involves?

i.e. what route does it follow and is there a 'pit stop' at some hostelry along the way?

Thanks.

[Paul-Fish-Photos]

Originally Posted by International Steam

Can someone 'in the know' let me know what Friday's Road Run involves?

i.e. what route does it follow and is there a 'pit stop' at some hostelry along the way?

Thanks.

No reply as yet, unless you've had a PM. Im just going to turn up in morning at rally site and knab someone in the know

[Phillip Jones]

i beleve the plan is to head to http://www.englishwillowbaskets.co.uk/

The road run route is approximately 16 miles and will be a circular route which is intended for all classes of vehicle. We hope that all participants will arrive back at the Low Ham site by 3.30 pm. Please be prepared to leave in good time to allow for this. There will be a short explanatory briefing at 9.00 am by the refreshment marquee and maps will be available when you arrive from the exhibitors’ entrance.

better late than never i suppose!

[International Steam]

Missed this of course as we were already on our way, but thanks for trying. We got sufficient information at the show site to intercept the run and spent a pleasant afternoon watching the lanes and main roads getting gently clogged, mostly with ic vehicles although eventually we saw a steam car, three traction engines and three steam wagons. There would have been more engines on the road in the general area on the Friday as several exhibits arrived under their own power.
By the time we left the site at 21.30, there were 23 steam engines present, I believe the programme listed 27 and maybe more would have arrived by opening time.
It was wet (very) on Friday night and with at best a cloudy Saturday forecast, I confess we slipped home. However, if you're in the area, the Sunday forecast is much better...