Abergavenny Steam Rally 2025

[International Steam]

We were back in Abergavenny on Sunday, where the weather had been kinder than in 2024.

This time we did have a parade as well as the road run and got a very different set of photographs of largely the same set of engines.

https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk.../ukindex25.htm

[carl_byrne]

Thanks for the pictures.

I had intended to go to Abergavenny but I had to finish off some farm work before the weather changed. I hope the weather was better there on Monday than here in Cardiff.

Cheers
Carl.

[RWHB1]

From various sources
ABERGAVENNY STEAM RALLY 2025 IN PICS


CLOUDS of black smoke were spotted in the skies over Bailey Park last
weekend and there were reports of unnatural and piercing wails filing
the air in unholy glee. But not to worry, it wasn’t the apocalypse
just a gang of dudes letting off steam in their vintage vehicles.


Yes sir it was Steam Rally time again, and as one of Abergavenny’s
premier calendar events rolled into town all polished and gleaming,
there wasn’t a spot of rain or stormy sky to dampen people’s
spirts, that was saved, as usual, for the Bank Holiday Monday.

Yet it wouldn’t do for a rally that celebrates the innovation and
resilience of times past to let a little adverse weather ruin the
show, and it was pretty much business as usual until the gates closed
on another successful event.

It wouldn't be the Steam Rally without the Can can
This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Steam Rally being run by
volunteers on behalf of Abergavenny Rotary Club.

That’s a lot of money raised and a lot of good causes helped over a
quarter of a century of letting off steam and living the dream.

Abergavenny Rotary President Keith Spencer explained, “This is a
family show and the credit goes to the Rotarians and non-Rotarian
volunteers who gave their total commitment to make the two days
possible.”


Alongside the usual toot, hoot, and serious-looking gentleman standing
around and admiring one another’s vintage motors, there was all the
thrills, frolics, and strange nostalgia for another time and place
we’ve come to associate with the Steam Rally.

There were steam organs, can can dancers, shire horses, vintage,
military, and commercial vehicles, a model tent, a host of stalls, and
of course, Bolddog FMX motorbike stunt display team, whose high-flying
antics gave everyone who was dozing off in the afternoon sun due to a
lethal cocktail of burgers and ice cream, a much-needed shot in the
arm.

The annual tug of war between machine and kids!