Whipsnade Miniature Road Run
 

This coming sunday(16th November) a small group of Herts Steam Club members are having a short road run for miniature engines from Whipsnade Zoo outside car park to the Old Hunters Lodge public house(approx 1 mile). We should be on the road around 11am ish, some nice hills for the engines to climb in both directions at present we have 6 engines, if anyone local wishes to join us please PM me for info and of course all spectators are more than welcome. As the car park is shut to public, the gates will only be opened for engines etc. Lets hope the weather stays fine.

Kev

Yes let's hope it does !!!

See you there.

Steve

Shouldn't you be at home fitting your new tubes?

Matt

Hi Matt,

I will hopfully have all the tubes removed on Saturday, then have to get the boiler inspector in before I fit the new ones.
So play time on Sunday :D

Well what can you believe. Metcheck gives ligt rain for Sunday and the Met Office gives a nice day. Think i will pack the waterproofs when i load up tomorrow. Hoping to have both the Roller and the Allchin there on Sunday. See you there.

My engine's having some work done on it at the moment so no steaming for 'Madeline'. Hope to get to the pub by lunchtime.
Tim

Pity madeline cannot make it, but will be nice to see you tim, I have painted the bowser, the tank needs rubbing back for a few more coats yet but will do for this weekend.
Kev.

Finally finished getting ready for tomorrow. Got the Allchin out and filled the tender to find a leak by the gear cover. when i took the top off the tender i found the nut missing from the gear cover bracket, fixed this and got the bowser out to find i had a puncher so i have had the wheel off and the inner tube out, the morning will tell if this is fixed as well.

see you in the morning.


P.S. is Emma taking the pictures?

Well a very wet day but a good turnout and a good run. Thanks to Kev nd Emma for organizing the run.

Here are a few ptctures taken today.

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Nice pictures Stuart, now I know why it took you so long to get in the pub !

Thanks you Kev and Emma for organising the day.

I wish to quash the rumors that i am tight, I just don't like spending money!

lol does that include spending money on chips ?

Oops a bit of a slip up there especially with my lunch in the smoke box!!

LOL, no comment. it was a shame about the weather but was a good laugh once we got going, the hot bits launching out of the chimney kept me warm on the way back!!.
Could try again in the summer months, been told we can use bit of car park then, maybe go to Kensworth and have a pub crawl!!!!
Thanks to all that came!!

Kev.

a couple of videos from sunday...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tlbk0O7b5l8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oTqQyQTNWlc

Kev.

Good to meet up with everyone at lunchtime: nice pub. We should definitely do it again in the spring.
Tim

Great video's Kev, count me in next year, that looked like some hill no wonder the spuds were over done, did you go back the same way? going down that will my test my boiler mangement skills on the 3". Looked like Roy's had plenty of coal on!
I do love stuarts roller - what's traction like on it?

Matt

Yes we went back the same way.
Who is Roy ?

Excellent videos Kev. the Roller has good grip on the road and was towing 20 gallons of water and a bag of coal with ease, it is surprisingly fast and a bit of a handful with a full head of steam, it also sounds just right on the road. Like all rollers it objects to wet rally fields and cow pats!

I had in my head that was your Dad's name, obviously not!

Matt

No not Roy but Tony.

kev zoo and stewart like the video of road run shame about the weather must get my engine finished to come on it. john