WSRA steam rally

Working through more rally pictures courtesy of Ian and Sophie potter aswell as our committee members

Wow crazy to think 2 weeks ago finishing touches was being made to welcome the public

Thankyou for all the feedback on this years rally - all of the comments are being looked into. But our next question is - what NEW things would you like to see at the rally? Give us some more ideas and we will see what we can do.

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/24503544.pictures-wsra-steam-fair-vintage-rally-near-taunton/

PICTURES: Celebration of vintage transport at steam rally near Taunton Check out our photo gallery from last weekend's Steam Fair and Vintage Rally in Norton Fitzwarren to support the West Somerset Railway.

Liked the gin from our sponsors at this years rally? Pop to Taunton Independent Market on Sunday to try some great new Rums.

First of our professional photos are back
Happy faces all round , even our office girl the chairman’s wife managed to look around for 5 minutes but couldn’t escape the camera

Big thanks to lens crafted memories for the photos

https://www.wellington-today.co.uk/news/community-celebrates-heritage-at-the-steam-and-vintage-rally-710859

Community celebrates heritage at the Steam and Vintage rally Enthusiasts gathered for the 2024 Steam and Vintage rally at Norton and Fitzwarren.

What a sight of our site 🥱🚂 - We hope that some of our changes such as the new car park and extended food / craft and model tent helped. All constructive feedback welcome - we already have new ideas for next year.

We have some lost property items
Please message if you have lost anything at the show with a discription of what it looks like

Final day of our steam rally
Lovely weather come along and have a family day out

Our bus timetable for this weekend
Come and jump on our free vintage bus service that runs from park and ride, Norton and to the rally field

Wow today has been a busy day with many exhibits starting to arrive
Another busy day planned for tomorrow getting the last few bits ready to welcomed you all the weekend

Back again Laurel and Hardy Do Devon are looking forward to coming on Saturday to entertain you all.
Come along and entertain yourself with laughter is a must.

Early morning at the rally fields with an extra special view this morning
What a lovely sunrise it has been

We look forward to starting to welcome our exhibitors tomorrow

Wow a busy day at the fields today
We now have both our marquees up

As you can see we have gone bigger this is new for this year and will include craft, food hall and models so make sure you head on over and have a look at the great things inside

Thanks to Brendon Powerwashers yesterday for lending us a beast of a machine to clean the Norton Platform and “testing” the dust suppression system (obviously not helpful on the hottest day of the year 😂) - when we say this is a beast - you will not get better and they are super local (Wiveliscombe) - https://powerwashers.co.uk/

Another day more committee exhibits turning up
With an extra special visit from one of our classic vehicles entries brining us ice cream in this hot weather

Another full day of setting up the fields ready to welcome you all next week

To top it off this evening we have these beauties come through the site

🚂🌟 Calling all steam rally enthusiasts! The weekend we've all been waiting for is almost here - the West Somerset Steam Rally is just around the corner! 🎉 We can't wait to showcase our incredible displays and share our love for all things steam-powered with you all.

But we have a special shoutout to give - our mini Marshalls! These little ones are the future of our passion for steam rallies, and we are so grateful for their enthusiasm and help. They are our legacy, carrying on the tradition and love for steam engines for years to come. ❤️ Let's show them some love and support as they continue the legacy of the amazing West Somerset Steam Rally! 🚂✨

🌟🚜 Exciting News from This Year's Steam Rally! 🚜🌟

We set ourselves a challenge to lower our food miles and transport costs by sourcing as much of our beer, ale, cider, and refreshments from within a 20-mile radius of the site. We're thrilled to announce that we’ve achieved a massive 91%!

There really is a melting pot of fantastic drink and food suppliers in the South West!
Using local products not only reduces our environmental impact but also supports our local quality producers and strengthens the economy.

A huge shoutout to our fantastic bar sponsors who made this possible—we'll be highlighting them over the coming week, so stay tuned!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. Let's raise a glass to local goodness! 🍻🥂

Some new displays for this year down in our stationary engine field

If you like local made machines. Come down and take a look at the display of pool engines. These engines were built in the local village of chipstablbe ner Wiveliscombe. We are hoping to have a Coulple of these engines at this years show.

We have some sad news one of our old volunteers has sadly passed away

Jon used to work in the rally office cooking bacon rolls for all our hard volunteers during set up week

Our thoughts are with the family

With only 2 weeks to go till this years steam rally the committee are in full swing with finalising the last few things, many hours put in to strimming the site and making it better to welcome you all

We can confirm our entertainment line up in our bar/refreshment tent this year

Saturday we have the following
11-12 St.Fian
12-2 Rise Acoustix
2-4 Follow TheDolphin

Sunday
11-11:30 Miss Ivy Belle - Wedding & Event Singer
12-2 rise Acoustix
2-2:30 Miss ivy belle
Lily d L’edine
3:30-4 Miss ivy belle

Please come and support our local performers
We will also have performances over in our supporting bar Mainline Spirit Co so head on over to there undercover area sit down and even enjoy a cocktail or 2 whilst your there

We are all very excited for this we have again this year secured the free train shuttle service from Bishops Lydeard to Norton Rally site.
We are hopeing it may be the DMU.

On the Saturday due to a main line steam loco going out our service will be late to arrive to the site but we are going to divert our free bus service to pick all you excited people up.

Only 2 weeks

To all our traders including market village, craft, catering and food hall. All entrance forms and wristbands have been sent out please keep an eye on your post. If you applied for this year and it was confirmed and you don’t receive anything by Wednesday the 17th please get in touch.

Thank you
Rally team

We have started prepping the site for the steam rally just a few pictures of things we get ready for you

2x Gate way extension put in for our public car parking to improve the experience for you all with thanks to Pontispool Equine Sports & Holidays

All bridges and culverts around site cut back tidied up and new fencing installed thanks to our sponsor Milverton Sawmill

And thanks to some hardworking rally team been down the fields for the last month cutting back around most fields more to do.

Only a couple of weeks to go

I have some amazing new to share with you all.

I am happy to say Mainline Spirit Co have sponsored us this year and we have welcomed them back. They are haveing a much bigger and better bar this year with live music and under cover seating. Head over and get your best in the UK gins. They will also have there cocktails and other drinks available.

The rally wish to thank Rich and Terri for helping and supporting us at this years rally and we look forward to sampling your drinks. So head on over and support them this year.

More news to follow.



We like to look after local business and charities

What we did Monday during take down we had lots of sandwiches left from the weekend so we kindly donated them to open door who distributed them to different charities , locations and to the homeless

We had a lovely email thanking us

Hi
Just to say a big thank you for your generous donation of the sandwiches this afternoon. So sorry we couldn't collect them but it was amazing to receive! We donated some to the YMCA who hand out food to local families and Lindley House also took a tray full. We are also taking some to the community fridge in Monkton Heathfield tomorrow. That still leaves a fridge full of sandwiches for our clients to take away with them as well!
Thank you so so much