{"id":2872,"date":"2019-07-17T21:01:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T21:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2019-07-17T21:17:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T21:17:41","slug":"southern-tour-2019-day-15-combe-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2872","title":{"rendered":"Southern Tour, 2019 &#8211; Day 14, Combe Mill&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A morning trip to Combe Steam Mill. We knew in advance that today wasn&#8217;t a steaming day but decided to visit nevertheless. Our ticket though allows for repeat visits so if we have time on Sunday, the beam engine should be operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combe Mill is a historic sawmill adjacent to the River Evenlode and close to Combe railway station, between the villages of Combe and Long Hanborough in Oxfordshire A Grade II listed building, it was restored in the early 1970s and is open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steam mill and building were part of the original workshops for the Blenheim estate. A watermill originally applied the power to the sawmill but this was supplemented later in time with a Steam Beam Engine such that the sawmill could operate during times of low water volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This working museum is relatively inexpensive and there are many enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers on hand to explain the workings of the undershot waterwheel, the beam engine and the various exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122159-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122159-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122159-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122159-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122159-767x362.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Compressed Air driven models<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122705-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122705-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122705-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122705-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122705-767x362.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Beam Engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122956-e1563396627631-363x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122956-e1563396627631-363x768.jpg 363w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122956-e1563396627631-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122956-e1563396627631-768x1626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122956-e1563396627631-767x1624.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption>Beam Engine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122756-e1563397039884-605x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122756-e1563397039884-605x768.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122756-e1563397039884-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122756-e1563397039884-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122756-e1563397039884-767x974.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190717_122756-e1563397039884.jpg 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption>Full experience???<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/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\/skhimiEbMsI?ecver=2&amp;controls=0&amp;rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"641\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A morning trip to Combe Steam Mill. We knew in advance that today wasn&#8217;t a steaming day but decided to visit nevertheless. Our ticket though allows for repeat visits so if we have time on Sunday, the beam engine should be operating. Combe Mill is a historic sawmill adjacent to the River Evenlode and close &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2872\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Southern Tour, 2019 &#8211; Day 14, Combe Mill&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[53,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-outing-of-2019","category-2019-uk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","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=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2893,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions\/2893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}