Boconnoc Steam Fair 2011
On the left a Foden steam tractor. On the right a Tasker Little Giant steam tractor. Both different approaches to what a steam tractor for the road should look like. There were many rumours about this year's show, largely to do with the introduction of a £5 entry fee for cars, motorbikes and tractors. Many of my friends refused to go, saying that this move would kill the goose that laid the golden egg and that people were just getting greedy when times were harder than ever. In the fortnight before the show, idle barbie-side talk (the summer equivalent of idle fireside talk) was that support was so poor cancellation was being discussed. I thought I'd go along anyway and to be honest you wouldn't have known there'd been all these problems, although there didn't seem to be quite so much there. It's a wonderful setting and I really hope no geese are killed and we can all make golden omelettes. Boconnoc featured tractor pulling again this year. Those beer ...