A Doran Brothers traction engine from Thetford
The Heritage Steam Gala, Bressingham Steam Museum, Norfolk - 1st May 2023
We head out on a spur-of-the-moment thing to catch the last few hours of the Heritage Steam Gala at Bressingham Steam Museum. We've enough time to do a couple of the narrow-guage railway rides - the Fen and the Waveney - and the Victorian gallopers, as well as the penny arcades and have a look round at the various traction and other steam engines. A few days later, there's another bike ride on the new Gislingham/Burgate/Redgrave loop, with a quick stop at Botesdale.
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A traction engine trundles around
Some engineer dudes chat near a thresher
A steam roller named Buster clanks around
A 62 Martello, or Class A1X
We have a go on the Victorian gallopers
A collection of traction engines
A dude tends to his Ransome's, Simms and Jeffries
An engine called Oliver
The narrow-guage Marchlyn
The engine drivers stop for a tea
Isobel and Harry on the Fen line
There's a queue for the gallopers
The Ransomes, Simms and Jeffries engine
A tiny engine actually has a number plate
Hanging around near the carousel
The train heads into the woods
Near the end of the line
Another engine with another driver
The traction engine is still trundling around
The Quarry Hunslet engine Jack Lane
Another view of 662 Southern Martello
Harry and Isobel cross the tracks
The shiny Jack Lane, built in 2006
The enormous V. Kirk engine
Isobel and Harry do the old-time penny arcade
Isobel has a go on a Mills penny one-armed bandit
Marchlyn and Gwynedd form a double header
We catch up with the Fen Line train
The driver of Marchlyn gives us a wave
All four narrow-guage engines are lined up
The engine drivers hang around on Mavis
The drivers saddle up
Gwynedd gets ready to return to the sheds
A traction engine is parked up by the loco sheds
Harry does some moves with his plastic katana
Chatting by the engines
The real Jones's butchers van from Dads Army
Cool Eye Show plaques from the 1980s
Possibly the most rubbish bike path, on the A143
The view down into Botesdale Street
The Rickinghall Bell
The Bell Inn seems to have expended a lot
A view past the War Memorial
Botesdale's village hall
The Cross Keys at Redgrave
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A Doran Brothers traction engine from Thetford
A Doran Brothers traction engine from Thetford
A traction engine trundles around
Some engineer dudes chat near a thresher
A steam roller named Buster clanks around
A 62 Martello, or Class A1X
We have a go on the Victorian gallopers
A collection of traction engines
A dude tends to his Ransome's, Simms and Jeffries
An engine called Oliver
The narrow-guage Marchlyn
The engine drivers stop for a tea
Isobel and Harry on the Fen line
There's a queue for the gallopers
The Ransomes, Simms and Jeffries engine
A tiny engine actually has a number plate
Hanging around near the carousel
The train heads into the woods
Near the end of the line
Another engine with another driver
The traction engine is still trundling around
The Quarry Hunslet engine Jack Lane
Another view of 662 Southern Martello
Harry and Isobel cross the tracks
The shiny Jack Lane, built in 2006
The enormous V. Kirk engine
Isobel and Harry do the old-time penny arcade
Isobel has a go on a Mills penny one-armed bandit
Marchlyn and Gwynedd form a double header
We catch up with the Fen Line train
The driver of Marchlyn gives us a wave
All four narrow-guage engines are lined up
The engine drivers hang around on Mavis
The drivers saddle up
Gwynedd gets ready to return to the sheds
A traction engine is parked up by the loco sheds
Harry does some moves with his plastic katana
Chatting by the engines
The real Jones's butchers van from Dads Army
Cool Eye Show plaques from the 1980s
Possibly the most rubbish bike path, on the A143
The view down into Botesdale Street
The Rickinghall Bell
The Bell Inn seems to have expended a lot
A view past the War Memorial
Botesdale's village hall
The Cross Keys at Redgrave