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Old 3rd August 2015, 09:09 PM
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I know who you mean now, he was the pratt that turned up late to the drivers briefing Saturday morning and then let his safeties lift making a racket.
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Old 3rd August 2015, 09:26 PM
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Just so that no one gets the wrong impression ....

Sufficient coal was supplied to all Miniatures. The allocation per miniature was very generious and I like many others chose not to take my full allocation. When the show ended there was a near full pallet of unclaimed coal at the head of the miniature section. The coal was even changed to a different brand at the request of some owners... Service above and beyond!

Excellent rally, ample coal to steam around all day, no unnecessary restrictions ... Well done.
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Old 3rd August 2015, 09:41 PM
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Absolutely correct. It was a fantastic weekend in a stunning location. No criticism is aimed at the organisers or marshalls who were 1st class. Just unbelievable somebody would choose to abuse it
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Old 4th August 2015, 04:04 AM
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Agreed... Organisation and marshalling first class !
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Old 4th August 2015, 10:28 AM
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May I suggest that this person who purloined an excessive amount of coal as his ''right'', be blacklisted from all rallies in the future. You all seem to know who he is and so it should not be difficult to alert other rally organisers about his misdeeds Marvelous innit, you always seem to get one at every rally????
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Old 4th August 2015, 02:24 PM
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Excellent show, good to see movement of engines in all sizes around the field without too much his-viz. Most enjoyable rally well worth my visit from East Anglia. Well done and best wishes to all organizers and land owner, excellent site made for easy comfortable walking.
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Old 5th August 2015, 05:06 PM
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Hi Tony, Which was your engine? .

4" Foster down the end near RichardHead.

Due to a few health problems I'm not able to camp overnight, so arrived on Saturday to hear of RichardHead hoarding all the coal and then on Sunday morning hearing him whinge that somebody had nicked 5 bags overnight, I half expected to find all "his" coal gone and some washing up liquid left somewhere by mistake
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Old 5th August 2015, 07:11 PM
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Just to add to the praise mentioned so far...

Sadly we couldn't bring the Foden along as its out of action at the moment having a new boiler, that said, I brought along our smallest vehicle (and oldest if you exclude the horse drawn) in our fleet, a 1926 Bullnose Travellers Van. Anyway, over the past 20 years, I've gone to loads of events in the UK with old vehicles, and I can honestly say, I thought this show was right up there as one of the best, which considering its in its second year is a massive achievement to all those involved. Roll on next years event!

Thank you Bill and the team for hosting a great event.
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Old 5th August 2015, 08:50 PM
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I got you. You were struggling to balance the water container and drive off from the tap?

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Old 5th August 2015, 09:07 PM
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I got you. You were struggling to balance the water container and drive off from the tap?

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