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