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Old 11th October 2012, 06:38 PM
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Jack and I would like to extend a huge thanks to all those who attended and especially to those engines which came long distances by low loader ~

John Johnson for bringing his excellent organ and superbly turned out Burrell Gold Medal which I was honoured to experience.
Mike Priestner and Sam for providing the lovely Evening Star and our evening lighting.
Will Woodward for the bringing the astounding MacLaren power house along with Jack and Sue Dibnah's famous Aveling.
Dave and Sue Cope for providing Tiger rides all weekend and for Sue showing the High Peak lads how to drink !
Dan and Colin Brothwell who overcame major transport problems to be there !

And a special thankyou to all those who roaded in ~

Dave and Nikki Ainsworth who made an incredible journey across the hills of the Peak District on Excelsior of 35 miles in 4 1/2 hours without stopping for water. I was privileged to ride back to Chapel on Excelsior and can only say WOW - the engine is so well sorted and in such fine mechanical order that it can go from manoeuvring steadily and smoothly around in top gear to charging down a dual carriageway with no hill seeming to steep for top !
The Clarke family for roading in from macclesfield with their smartly turned out Sentinel.
Dave Lomas for roading in with Earl E Riser in its usual impeccable state.
Frank and David Marchington for bringing Franks roller which has not been seen in public for many years.
Richard Metcalfe for his almost insane solo 18 mile road trip on the 6" Mac from Sutton to Buxworth in 3 hours across some of the most challenging roads in the country - the road trip to Buxworth passed without incident (a testiment to Richards driving skills), however the trip home was much quicker on Will's low loader (due to Richards lack of drinking skills....)

Thankyou to everyone who came as it was a great weekend, helped by the good weather, with live bands on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - planning for next years event is well underway and we hope to see even more there in the future.
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