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A blue, yellow and red Scania T-cab racing truck leads a rival through a corner at the Brands Hatch Truck Superprix, thick dark exhaust smoke trailing across the circuit.

What actually happens at your first truck show

Two showman's engines lit up with electric bulbs at night at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, Tarrant Hinton, in August 2008.

How to get the most out of a steam rally

Two pairs of heavy horses in harness stand with their handlers on a stubble field beneath a vast overcast sky at the Surrey County Ploughing Match 2019.

Ploughing matches explained

A vintage red McCormick tractor ploughs a stubble field at a Sussex ploughing match, the driver at the wheel under a heavy grey sky with a dark diagonal of fresh furrows in the foreground.

Tractor runs: the complete guide

Orange sunset over the Great Dorset Steam Fair, with a big wheel, flags and kite streamers silhouetted along the skyline and haze drifting across the showground.

Taking kids to a truck show or steam rally: the honest survival guide

Preserved 1954 Dennis F12 pump escape, registration PBJ 338, displayed inside Ipswich Transport Museum.

How to exhibit your truck, tractor or engine at a show

Flying Scotsman works a mainline charter at speed, throwing dense plumes of white steam into the sky above open Cumbrian countryside.

Steam train days out: the complete UK family guide

Flying Scotsman works a mainline charter at speed, throwing dense plumes of white steam into the sky above open Cumbrian countryside.

Santa special trains: the honest booking guide

Two historic working narrowboats breasted up and leaving a canal lock together, steam rising from the motor boat's chimney while crew in traditional dress work the lockside.

Canal days out: the complete guide

A green Ruston-Bucyrus 10-RB excavator tips spoil from its bucket in a rocky quarry under a brooding grey sky, with a vintage crane behind and a red-and-yellow Vintage Excavators van parked alongside.

Digger days out: the family magnet guide

Flying Scotsman works a mainline charter at speed, throwing dense plumes of white steam into the sky above open Cumbrian countryside.

Where to See Flying Scotsman in 2026 and 2027

Two red Routemaster buses, the leading one open-top with passengers upstairs, coming along a narrow rural road towards a bus stop where a person waits

Bus running days explained: ride a 1950s bus for free

A Churchill tank and the Tiger 131 face each other in the Bovington arena while a crowd of spectators watches and takes photos

Seeing tanks run: TANKFEST and military vehicle shows

Vehicles and machinery lined up across a field ahead of a farm auction

Viewing day: the best free day out in the vintage machinery world

Orange sunset over the Great Dorset Steam Fair, with a big wheel, flags and kite streamers silhouetted along the skyline and haze drifting across the showground.

County shows for machinery people: a beginner's guide