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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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