Masham steam rally 18th 19th july
 

ADVANCE WARNING anyone attending masham this year can you please be aware that the junction on the A1 at sinderby "quernhow cafe" is totally closed untill november for the upgrade to motorway you will have to use A61 via ripon or the A684 via bedale apparently the signs for this closure are appalling and we are contacting the highways but will put more info nearer the rally thanks

Not long to go now.

No lets hope the weather isnt to bad!!!!!!!!!!!

We will have our two 3" Marshalls there, with hopefully new and improved riding trolleys.
And i will second that about the weather. Sunny days hopefully.

regards
John

Road to masham
 

Hi Blacktop, Please can you tell me if i can go under the A1 from Thirsk, with the car and caravan?

acording to nigel you can mate ,and you can still get on to go south on the A1,

Chris.

Just come back from the fields seem nice and dry although the gateway is wet under the trees"20 tons of road plannings will sort that tommorrow" and yes you can get under the a1 comming from skipton on swale this road is a7.5 ton limit "if u take any notice" you can also exit and enter on the southbound side its just the northbound that has been totally closed at the moment hope this is of help thanks nigel

We put the roller etc on the field this afternoon having seen fridays forecast. It was good to see Ian Vinton and crew arrived with the roller. Also on the field already was Tony Hunts Burrell showmans engine and Keith Collins with his Fowler and not forgetting Richard Prestons excellent Foster electric lighting engine.
Should be a good weekend.

Any news on the field situation? It's never stopped raining up here in Durham since about 3PM yesterday. If the rally was up here it would be a definate non starter.
Weather looks good for the weekend though, will be a shame if the field is waterlogged....

Still raining up here, but rang my boss in York at lunchtime and she said it was dry down there. Who knows? Fingers crossed.

Has anyone been today and if so what is the field conditions?
I intend going tomorrow but a heads up would be nice before I make the decision *think

heard today from the organiser that plenty of people attended, most of the engines were in the station yard and were able to do the road run, they had no rain either even though the engines on the field were not running about.

Chris.

I went yesterday afternoon.

The field was wet but straw etc. had been put down to make walkways across the muddy areas. I didn't get up to the engine line up pn the field but spent a fair while in the station yard where a dozen or more engines.

Hitched a lift on the back of an engine to the pub in the town (which I was very grateful for).

All in all in turned out alright for such a wet week.

The weather spoiled the event but I'm glad I went , the engines over the road at the Old Station looked at home in the surroundings .
Rained once while I was there but it was brief and light , good day out despite the lack of movement which was understandable given the field condition.
I wish I had seen the road run .