Northleach Steam and Vintage Show

There is so much to catch up on! This post dates back to late August, I think! We went to the Northleach Steam and Vintage Show with our friends. There were lots of old cars and steam machines and other interesting things to see.




The pictures above are of some of the old steam engines. They come from all over the country, and as I understand it they are privately owned. The machine above was hooked up to power a wood splitter which was pretty fun to watch.

The kids liked the steam, but by far the highlight for Justin was the bus you see below. The guy who brought it to the show (it was owned by his son) saw Justin and his friend looking at it yearningly and let them climb under the ropes and go inside. I think it was definitely a highlight for both boys. Rebecca went in, too, so as not to be left out. I stayed outside and chatted with the guy who was a motorcycle enthusiast (you can see various motorcycles all around the bus.)



Just took some pictures from inside. If I remember correctly the bus used to run in London, although it wasn't one of the iconic red ones.


In addition to buses and engines there were lots of old cars. Apparently it's a thing at these shows to display old cars with a vintage picnic basket in the back. I guess to show that people used to drive these cars to take picnics? Is this a normal thing for car shows in the US, too? I've seen it multiple times here at various shows this summer.



Becca wanted to make sure I got a picture of her with this purple car that matched her pants...


On the other side of the big field where the show was set up there were a bunch of stalls with crafts and things, and also a bouncy castle and a few rides. The kids had fun bouncing and sliding down the big slide. They also played a "knock over bottles" game and won some stuffed animals (or should I say soft toys.)



We finished the day with some ice cream and fish and chips from one of the food stalls. It was a fun show, although the cars and engines were a little bit haphazardly scattered across a huge field so it was hard to tell where and what everything was. But still a good afternoon out with friends. And we always enjoy going to Northleach because it's our favorite place to buy local honey (which we did frequently over the summer to help mitigate Eric's hayfever-ish reaction to something that was blooming here.)

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