Haddenham Rally

[Notsur Rotcorp]

On behalf of the Committee I would like to sincerely thank a number of people:

The exhibitors who braved the conditions to allow us to put the show on, both for attending and for their patience and understanding while being assisted on or off the site.

The farmers who were so helpful in supplying tractors and/or drivers, and the Vintage Tractor owners who helped out

The public who turned out in surprising force to support us.

The residents of Haddenham.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year, 12th & 13th September 2009!

Michael Pumfrey.

[Simplex]

The photo doesn't give a true impression of how muddy the engine really is.

[D-Type]

Originally Posted by frequentflyer

It was at its worse when we got going and the mud came off the wheels and onto the flywheel I was glad I was driving. We went up Haddenham hill and the water came down, soaked through but still smiling.

Did DType do his rain dance thing like at Melford and Thurlow a few years back. It rained buckets then.

Is it just my eyes or does simplex look much wetter than frequentflyer?

Not my rain dance - I'm a fair weather driver!

[slow coach]

On Thursday 4th September at 0730am me and my other half moved my Aveling & Porter 8 ton steam roller, living van and water cart from Gt Chishill near Royston Herts to Haddenham rally. I got as far as Histon when i noticed that i had 7 leaking tubes so i dropped the fire, took the ash pan off and took the fire bars out and 1 fire bar only broke. I climbed up inside a hot fire box and started to expand the 7 tubes that was leaking. With help from the neighbours i got the job done a bit quicker. Once the job was done i put the roller back together and then decided to put what sheets i had over the roller and ready for bed. I had a lovely sleep in the living van. At 10.00 o'clock we left Histon for Haddenham rally. We was driving down 20p road when i turned around to see what traffic we had behind us when i noticed something lying in the road at first i thought i had ran over something then saw the water cart go over so i pulled the roller up as fast as i could jumped off and walked down the side of the living van and found that one of the wheels had broke right off and the axsle was sitting on the road and the other wheel was twisted and ready to brake off. I emptyed all the water that i had in it. The cart holds 250 Gallons of water. I was lucky because where i had stopped a man came out with his very old fork lift and picked it up and put it inside his yard. So i decided it was time to set off again for Haddenham rally. We arrived at the sight in the afternoon and i had to be towed though all the mud and thats where the roller sat all the weekend. We enjoyed alot.

[Simplex]

Darren,

Sorry to hear about your problems. The roller certainly looked and sounded good as you went past the 'The Three Kings'.

[Sick of brasso]

And i got the tractor stuck with the coal on lol. Go me. Was a good weekend and had alot of fun.

Jamie

[steamboy]

here my photos from a very muddy haddenham steam rally

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