Last week saw Cheffins Autumn 2025 sale, held at their Sutton sale ground with plenty of engine related lots of far greater quality than usual, making it one of the most significant sales of 2025. Prices were very reasonable if not a little low, with only a select few lots bringing what you could call … Read more
The weekend of the 18th and 19th October was the glorious Petterfest and boy what a weekend it was! We arrived on site Thursday to start setting up and getting ready and we already had one person camped in the corner, Friday saw loads of people turning up from miles away with a good selection … Read more
Henham Steam & Country show took place over the weekend of the 20th & 21st of September at Henham Park near Blythburgh in Suffolk, this was the 49th year the rally has taken place and the second year they had a seperate pen for a lighting display. There was a good selection fo engines from … Read more
After months and months of glorious sunshine soaked rallies, September came around to remind us that we do in-fact live in England and that rain is very much part of the deal. The unfortune show to first get a reminder of this (That I’ve been to) was the much loved Longstock rally in Hampshire. But … Read more
This was the first time we have attended this rally after being asked if we would go by the section steward, Phil Cotton. Arriving on site there were decent roadways to all parts of the site, and Phil was there to greet us and show us where to pitch up for the weekend. There were … Read more
2025 saw the return of Belvoir Castle Steam and Country Show being held over the August Bank Holiday weekend (23rd- 25th August) within the stunning grounds of Belvoir castle. With impressive displays and exhibits from all over the UK. This was the first year of the show being hosted by Outdoor Shows Ltd and did … Read more
Strumpshaw Steam Museum has an end of season rally known as “The Trosh” and is normally held on the last weekend of August/ first weekend of September, this year it was on the 30th & 31st August, this is a very much smaller event compared to the May Bank Holiday rally with just the one … Read more
August 9th-10th saw the return of Astle Park Traction Engine Rally for 2025. Astle Park Traction Engine Rally has never really been well known for its stationary engine line up, with the 1000 Engine Rally (held on the same site) taking that title. Saying that, the now defunct 1000 Engine Rally couldn’t hold a candle … Read more
Welland, just WOW!! I’ve never been to Welland but this year they had Petter as a theme in the engine section and I figured as I’m “Mr. Petterfest” I thought I’d better go, so, van loaded, caravan hooked up and two moans from Suzy and Cam we set off at 3.30am for the trip. First … Read more
July 12th-13th saw the return of Power & Machinery of the Past at Breamore House for 2025. After the overwhelming success of 2024 and the Ackroyd Gathering, the question on everybody’s mind was “how are they going to get close to that?”, well with quite literal “wall to wall sunshine” they most certainly did. Power … Read more