Boconnoc Steam Fair

Boconnoc Steam Fair is an annual event held in the grounds of Boconnoc House not far from Lostwithiel in Cornwall. It is great celebration of the steam traction engines of the past century and is also a celebration of vintage vehicles and other vintage and veteran devices.  There are also many stalls selling all sorts of goods.

Boconnoc House dates back to the 18th Century and was the home of the Pitt Family who produced two 18th century Prime Ministers of Britain - William Pitt the Elder and the Younger.

More information can be found via the following links:

Boconnoc - Wikipedia
Boconnoc - history
Boconnoc Steam Fair 2017

And details of a previous visit to Boconnoc in 2011 can be found via this link:

A Visit to Boconnoc 2011

 Boconnoc House

 Sweet Stall

 Produce Tent

 Craft Tent

 More Sweets

 Model Aircraft

 Alan Viv and Bob enjoying lunch

 Eve watching a display

 Lder Vehicles on show

 Older bicycles and motorcycles

 Some smaller engines

 Traction Engines being used to power other applications

An engine having problems

 Two Steam Rollers

And the Traction  Engines

This one got bogged in the Mud.

Traction Engines - Wikipedia

Traction Engine History

Tavistock Pannier Market, A Great Place To Shop

Tavistock is a market town on the Fringes of Dartmoor.  The town grew up around a large medieval Abbey.  When the monasteries were dissolved the Abbey's property came under the control of the Russell family, who later became the Dukes of Bedford.  The Pannier Market is held every day from Tuesday to Saturday and has a different theme each day from arts and crafts to produce.  Often the stalls spill over onto the nearby Bedford Square.

Tavistock - Wikipedia
Tavistock Abbey - Wikipedia
Tavistock Abbey - History
Tavistock Pannier Market

 Bedford Square

 What remains of the Abbotts Quarters

This Wesleyan Chapel retains some of the Abbey Building

 The current Parish Church

 The entrance to the Pannier market

 Dukes Coffee Shop (adjacent to the Market

 Inside the Market

 A Chocolate stall just outside one of the entrances

A Bread Stall just outside another entrance

 Their are some little shops around the outside of the Market building.  This one is selling jam's pickles,etc.

And one selling Cheese.

 The Bere Brewery Stall

Bere Brewery

 My friend Eve making a purchase at the Butcher's Stall

 A Seafood Stall

 Viv and Eve at the Lifton Farm Shop Stall

 A Small goods stall

 The River Tavy at Tavistock

 Lopwell Dam on the Tavy between Tavistock and Plymouth

Lopwell Dam