Depending on if I can escape from the Mad House, I'm hoping to have the day out today at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. This is, I believe, now the largest such event in the world and covers over 600 acres of rolling Dorset countryside around Tarrant Hinton near Blandford Forum. As well as the attractions of the steam exhibits (of which there are around 200 of these such, including traction engines, steam rollers and showmen's engines), there is just about every country activity you could imagine from heavy horse ploughing to hurdle making. This year is the 40th Anniversary and they are planning to bring exhibits that were at the first show.

Something noticeable at last year's show were the no. of ladies now involved with these wonderful machines. Some, though, gave the impression that they were there on the grounds that "if you can't beat 'em. join 'em"! Whether the lump of coal was going to be thrown at someone or else passed to the driver for the firebox was not clear. The D & G shades somehow did not seem to go with the smoke and soot!

Other photos from last year's show can be seen in my own gallery. The Great Dorset Steam Fair's web site is here.

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