Steam in Cheshire

This last weekend, Linkey was on the way up the M6, with Mark Jones driving, Christopher Beale as passenger and me behind in the Disco.

Due to typical driving conditions on the M6 on Friday night it was passed 9pm when we pulled into Mike Priestners yard in Altringham.

After a welcoming plate of curry and chips plus a glass or two of ale we retired to our beds to restore our energy for the weekends ploughing and other work.

I spend most of Saturday on the engine as you can see here from the video taken on a simple Canon Pureshot camera by Chris Beale from Little Comberton.

We then roaded with other engines to the pub for a quite social interlude steam fashion before returning to Mike Priestners home for a typical steam gathering.

John Johnson from Banks in Lancashire brought down his organ and road locomotive, Mike had his showmans in steam plus three other engines including Linkey all in his back yard!

Mike's hospitality was fantastic, the spread was enjoyed by all and there was an excellent barrel of free beer to finish off. I sampled some other stronger European beers as well and needless to say it was a good thing I was not driving that night!