Stationary Engines GDSF 2022

Some footage from this years Great Dorset Steam Fair 2022 of the Stationary Engine section.

[@canastasiou68]

Loved it, thanks for sharing.

[@craigmorrison2459]

Been and exhibited many years ago and it was horrendous, a breeze blows and covers everything in a very fine dust that turns to grinding paste when mixed with oil, or your up to your knees in a sticky slimy mud. Then they go around every so often to do the touch test of your engine isn’t running to make sure that it has been running, so you get no time to go look at anything else at the show, then again you need to have everything nailed down due to the likelihood of it being nicked by the undesirables who also attend the show. It’s actually not unheard off for caravans to be nicked from the camping field, also the guy selling the calor gas round the campsites had to be airlifted out due to being beaten up and his money getting knicked.

[@FodenS36]

I don’t think I would want to be an exhibitor, great show to visit though and we loved every minute. Unfortunately theirs always a few that want to spoil it for everyone else, didn’t here of much trouble this year but we may have been lucky.

[@coxhoe789]

Every year always the same

[@FodenS36]

I have heard they don’t let new people in often unless you have something really special.

[@barumman]

Nothing wrong with that.