56 - Beautiful Boconnoc Steam Fair

[@andyrodgers914]

Thanks lovely video Dan, reminds me of aged parents taking us to Rempstone and Elvaston rallies. Maybe too north for you guys ;)

[@SteamOTR]

We do want to get further afield nesxt year. It was 200 miles for us down to Bocconoc so virtually anything is possible!

[@WhittlesWheels]

Playing with engines is always the best bit of the rallies but also showman’s outside the beer tent on a Friday and Saturday night is also a highlight

[@SteamOTR]

We had showmans outside the Miniatures Beer Tent at the weekend. Very good it was too.

[@WhittlesWheels]

@@SteamOTRnothing beats it

[@eliotreader8220]

@@SteamOTR I can remember Susie visiting Bodmin steam railway back in the day

[@FlyingFoxandBambi4475]

That was a very awesome video.

[@SteamOTR]

Thank you very much, glas you enjoyed it.

[@Gremlinkid]

I like a rally where you can drive around as long as you like and where everyone is friendly and happy. There isn’t a lot that turns me away from rally’s so I can’t say anything against. I loved boconnock this year. It was well controlled and I wasn’t told off for driving around on the roads until 10 pm on a 4” Burrell road loco 😂. I hope to see you next year

[@SteamOTR]

Yeah - agreed. Great to be able to move around alot. Hope to see you again next year.

[@robindolan1117]

Hi Dan, absolutely lovely to meet you and talk to you at last agreed the engine man’s bar was an absolutely amazing idea more rally’s need to do this! But lovely to meet you and see tilly running hopefully see you again next year! Robin

[@SteamOTR]

Good to meet you too. Yes, hopefully we'll be down next year.

[@peteberry6425]

was good to catch up to you, and I'm glad you enjoyed it down our part of the world! and always a bonus that the weather mostly behaved

[@SteamOTR]

Lovely weather and a great time 👍

[@marksugden7275]

Dr Busker makes a rally for me Dan. Also, a decent road run.

[@SteamOTR]

Hehe - I'm not a fan of Dr Busker. I like to be able to have a beer and a chat and find that Dr Busker usually takes over the beer tent and is too loud for conversation. But know alot of other people do like him. I just end up outsie the beer tent somewhere I can hear!

[@marksugden7275]

@@SteamOTR You need to immerse yourself in the lyrical genius and join in Dan. I went to Welland last weekend. Cracking rally to be fair. The heavy haulage ring was amazing. Road locomotives working hard. Heaven 🫶🏼

[@SteamOTR]

Yup - Heavy haulage is where it's at. Love to see any engine working hard.

[@jonathoncary5926]

The only thing I dont like is those infernal steam sirens. Something I will never say at a rally😂😂

[@SteamOTR]

Hehe. I quite like them, but only when used sparingly!

[@dianeboyling7298]

Hi I'm thomas boylings brother benjamin boyling I was walking around with the blonde boy kaylen thank you for coming I had the fowler tiger tractor here called firefly hope you've had a great time

[@SteamOTR]

It was a fantastic rally. So welcoming.

[@PhoneVidoes]

The great thing with having a miniature you have transport thus the beer tent can be 1 mile away for all it matters. As for what makes or doesnt make a rally I think where you are placed as base camp often makes a massive difference. Theres a rally a event we dont do now as we always ended up being placed opersite shall we say undesirables. You just had this feeling if it wasnt bolted down it would quietly vanish, and the whole time it was "whats that worth mate" 🙄 Also being near the generators of the food concessions isnt ideal. Bit like the West Oxen one you did where you seemed to be over the road from the spit bangs, that would have driven us a bit mad, but then saying that if we end up based in a poor location we tend to get out and just chuff about more. Totally appreciate though the dificulites organisers have in setting these shows up mind.

[@SteamOTR]

I don't like to steam after beer, so tend to put Tilly to bed early!

[@PhoneVidoes]

@@SteamOTR Fair enough each to their own, for us theres nothing better to be sat down by the beer tent with the engines gentley ticking over into the late evening listening to a band and chewing over the fat or should that be coal 🤣

[@BigLMedia]

makes a good rally is if there is plenty of space to drive the engine around and we have clean water and some decent coal what breaks the rally is when the entitled full sizers from tinkers park take all of the coal so we cannot steam

[@SteamOTR]

Yeah, not having coal to steam is going to suck!

[@paulhorn2665]

Well there are things I like at rallies and things I do not. I like of course watching old engines and the socializing with people, preferred when you are a group of friends, go there. Chatting, drink beer and so on. I just was on German or Dutch steam rallies, so these are minor compared with British, also even steam rallies there are much more old diesels than steam... What I do NOT like: Organs, all the time these organs is unnerving. People standing in the way all the time, where you want to go through and see something (If you are chatting around just stand aside, so other people can go there). Then there are these bored woman/mothers often with little children, complaining all the time (Yes I understand the weekend is family time, but could they not give their husband a "day off"? Instead, they are passively aggressively and bored walking around, putting everyone in bad mood). These women are trying to get attention by chatting up their husband about other family topics while he is looking at a steam engine. Otherwise they have 24/7 time to tell him! Lastly, I was once on rally where smoking cigarettes was forbidden, because fire hazard and air pollution (protection of non smokers). Yes generally makes sense BUT not on a rally with traction engines, these are a fire hazard also and polluting more than any cigarette.

[@SteamOTR]

Have to admit that I share your dislike of organs!