Matt, sorry to hear you have experienced several owners who have been rather curt, grumpy, and in a hurry to get rid of you. I, and most of my mates in the steam business are not like that, Yes there are a few grumpy sods about [I am72yrs by the way ] and I can certainly name a small few who are like that, but I and the majority are pleasant and friendly and only too willing to have a discussion about their engines and all things steam related.. Re the size ban, they do not operate that up here, there are a couple of rallies that do not encourage 4'' Fosters any more as they are like Cortinas were, everybody had got one. But apart from that all the rallies I attend are very friendly , this being mainly the East Midlands area.
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