[elwood]

Hmmm, AFAIK insurance is not the only one to make happy. I remember talking to guys in UK who had their engines put on a pallet and ashpan removed just to make sure they would not fire it up. They had valid boiler tests issued by a German (at least non UK based) official autority, still they could not be used. Extreme, but yes. That‘s what I also was told when I asked to come to a miniature rally (being a member of said club), no UK boiler test (the complete one) no firing, regardless of any non UK boiler papers - that was before „B“…

First of all I can go to rallies over here (like Doort or others) it‘s just that for a rally at any weekend on continental Europe there is about 25 in the UK at the same time so there are a lot more choices. There sometimes are soet of get-togethers of like-minded people who meet and steam together. If it‘s done on private ground, nobody (well, almost nobody) can stop you.

As for insurance: traction engines and miniatures are a rare breed over here, there is no specialist broker or insurance which takes care of that aspect. My traction engine is covered under my personal liability insurance, as I discussed that with my friendly insurance agent. Just to make sure they know what I am talking about I send the pictures and a copy of the boiler inspection, just to make sure that if anything happens I have my paperwork in due order. And a rally organizer (on one of the few) will possibly ask for insurance and boiler inspection, so better be prepared.

Cheers

Elwood