Hollowell
 

Spent an extremely hot day at Hollowell on Sunday, thank goodness for their excellent tea- tent. Many thanks to all those who helped to organise this excellent rally, one that is firmly on our calendar.

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Hot Sunday
 

My first time at Hollowell and I though it was a brilliant rally. Just the right size - plenty of engines, but not so many that I couldn't appreciate them all. Not too heavy on the market stands either.

I went for the engines but enjoyed the other things I saw too, in passing - a marching (well, wandering) band, a dancing robot, big dogs and a lunatic on the top of a 200 foot mast, amongst other things.

Some photos...

First time I have been for 15 years ! Excellent event, other organisers could learn a lot from Alan Eaton and his team,

Last year Holowell was one of the few events to run at all. I remember Alan Eaton saying, on the Saturday night , that they'd taken enough on the gate to guarantee the next years event.

Well it certainly happened in style, dry and and sunny but without the dust - just right.

Lots to see and do, and excellent commentary in the show ring. The horses, which such a strong element of this show, were wonderfully described by Mike Grayson and Peter Vale.

I shot videos of the road run on Avis = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVD2rXvnf4 ( courtesy of the Holt family who have OK'd it ).
and the stationary engines = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvRlVIbLU6w

More (horses & tractors) should be ready in a day or so.