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Old 4th September 2014, 05:12 PM
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Full Name: Steven Syms
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Originally Posted by Triton View Post
Down here, Torbay is one of the best value for money rallies and that is probably why at 1130 on the last day (a Sunday) there was a long queue of visitors waiting to pay and get through the paygate. In my own case the costs were as follows, £8.00 in total for diesel to get there and back from home. £7.00 admission for myself as I am now 60 years old. £3.00 admission for my 17 year old grandson and £3.00 admission for my 15 year old granddaughter as 17 year olds and under get admitted at child rates. £2.00 for an excellent programme making a total of £23.00 for an absolutely great day out. Plus, we bought food etc and probably spent about a further £20 - £25 between us. Who can argue with that and there were around 7 engines which had not appeared at Torbay before out of 26 full sized engines which were on show.

That is why Torbay is the only Rally which I attend EVERY year.
Tom, thanks for the comments, look out again next year as the engine list is all but full, we have another seven or eight new to Torbay steam fair engines booked, we also will have a proper steam fair returning, and a much better displayed working section.
Steve
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