{"id":2701,"date":"2018-08-25T23:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2018-08-26T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T18:07:56","slug":"great-dorset-steam-fair-day-1-3-of-5-thursday-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"Great Dorset Steam Fair &#8211; Day 1 &#8211; 3 of 5 (Thursday &#8211; Saturday)&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday was the official opening day of this five day event &#8211; the 50th anniversary of the show &#8211; 520 full size steam engines in total on site but the official record stated only 472 as some of the engines were not rideable. This is still a new world record. The weather was generally ok for the first three days with Saturday being the pick of the bunch. It wasn&#8217;t as warm as much of the summer but just about acceptable. The weather for Sunday looks a little more ominous&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2740\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_175417.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_175417-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_175417-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_175417-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_175417-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_175417-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GDSF Saturday &#8211; beautiful weather \/ view across the camping grounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The quietest area to grab some food and drink (especially some exquisite cider) was the Food Hall area. To be honest, there&#8217;s no shortage of street food (of varying quality) throughout the entire Steam Fair.<\/p>\n<p>A summary of the first few days is documented in the many pictures below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2735\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_120805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_120805-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_120805-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_120805-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_120805-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_120805-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Pete Monster truck display team&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2734\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_121624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_121624-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_121624-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_121624-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_121624-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180824_121624-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Pete Monster truck display team&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2739\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_134810.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_134810-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_134810-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_134810-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_134810-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_134810-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Motor cycles&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2736\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_111838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_111838-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_111838-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_111838-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_111838-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_111838-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showman engines&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2726\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180822_142348-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180822_142348-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180822_142348-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180822_142348-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180822_142348-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180822_142348-1-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 500 Traction Engines on display&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2743\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_144735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_144735-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_144735-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_144735-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_144735-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_144735-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main show arena&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2744\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_151710.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_151710-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_151710-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_151710-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_151710-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180823_151710-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main show arena&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2745\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121106-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121106-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121106-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121106-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main show arena&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2746\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121104-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121104-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121104-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121104-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_121104-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main show arena&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2747\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_141046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_141046-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_141046-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_141046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_141046-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180824_141046-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main show arena&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2748\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_105942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_105942-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_105942-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_105942-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_105942-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180825_105942-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main show arena &#8211; all styles and sizes&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.21%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IEH_AMn5m8w?ecver=2&amp;controls=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"641\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.21%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3dWzuS-EUUI?ecver=2&amp;controls=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"641\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday was the official opening day of this five day event &#8211; the 50th anniversary of the show &#8211; 520 full size steam engines in total on site but the official record stated only 472 as some of the engines were not rideable. This is still a new world record. The weather was generally ok &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2701\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Great Dorset Steam Fair &#8211; Day 1 &#8211; 3 of 5 (Thursday &#8211; Saturday)&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-dorset-steam-fair","category-2018-uk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2753,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/2753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}