Somerset Traction Engine Club's New Year's Day Gathering and Road Run, Jan 1st 2013

[Pride of Somerset]

A fine, sunny day - a change from the rain we've been having. A good turn out - probably about 400 vehicles and bikes in all. Three steamers - Mike White's Allchin and Aveling and Jerry Darch's Aveling. A few photos of some of what we had. Some new vehicles and unusual ones too.

[benz1890]

Thanks JR for the photos. We ended up steaming the whole way home! The King of the road lamps worked quite well when steaming the last leg up the hills, we took em all in top gear!!
Rob/Nick where did you get to you set off so early?
Mike.

[Pride of Somerset]

Originally Posted by benz1890

Thanks JR for the photos. We ended up steaming the whole way home! The King of the road lamps worked quite well when steaming the last leg up the hills, we took em all in top gear!!
Rob/Nick where did you get to you set off so early?
Mike.

Chester's a good engine on the hills - mind you she needs to be in your neck of the woods!! I gather Rob and Nick went over to the Westonzoyland Pumping Station. They were not back when I left, about ten minutes before I caught up with you.
Thanks for coming, and particularly for bringing the two engines. Chester has been noted as being the most famous engine to pass through West Monkton..... but don't tell the owners of The Gladiator, Cornish Maid, Princess Mary, Duke of Kent, Progress etc., etc., etc. (Forgot that our 50th anniversary road run in 2005 started from there). Incidentally, the first ever Taunton Rally in 1956 was in the field alongside the layby where you stopped to oil up, and to do , other things....

[dumpy]

Originally Posted by Pride of Somerset

Chester's a good engine on the hills - mind you she needs to be in your neck of the woods!! I gather Rob and Nick went over to the Westonzoyland Pumping Station. They were not back when I left, about ten minutes before I caught up with you.
Thanks for coming, and particularly for bringing the two engines. Chester has been noted as being the most famous engine to pass through West Monkton..... but don't tell the owners of The Gladiator, Cornish Maid, Princess Mary, Duke of Kent, Progress etc., etc., etc. (Forgot that our 50th anniversary road run in 2005 started from there). Incidentally, the first ever Taunton Rally in 1956 was in the field alongside the layby where you stopped to oil up, and to do , other things....

check the tire pressures ?

[benz1890]

Yea that right how did you know Dumpy? The pressure was great on the wheel I examined!
Any photos of that lovely 1912 Renault?
A couple of vids below, also some priming with an over full boiler!!
Mike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULkWtKrXO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iceSVBLne38

[Pride of Somerset]

[QUOTE=benz1890;240399]Yea that right how did you know Dumpy? The pressure was great on the wheel I examined!
Any photos of that lovely 1912 Renault?


Not the best of pics, got a better one last year.... Wrong place at the wrong time this year!!

[NichBailey]

Originally Posted by benz1890

Thanks JR for the photos. We ended up steaming the whole way home! The King of the road lamps worked quite well when steaming the last leg up the hills, we took em all in top gear!!
Rob/Nick where did you get to you set off so early?
Mike.

I was steering which didn't help, but Rob had planned a visit to the pumping station, great to see the big engine running and some interesting stuff out there - well worth a visit, we were made to feel very welcome.

[Pride of Somerset]

Help! Can anyone identify this car I photographed at the STEC road run? I think it's a Talbot?

[Roger]

I think you are right
http://www.flickr.com/photos/d70w7/5744260769/
Even has a similar number plate

[8_10 Brass Cleaner]

Roger, we answered this for john on facebook before he posted it here!

Its a Talbot