Bank Holiday Hooting

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There must be a steam engine rally going on somewhere in our area this weekend. They are not uncommon in this part of the world. Steam enthusiasts are many and willing to travel quite some distance to share their passion with like-minded people. Preserving and restoring old steam engines is very popular and a bank holiday steam rally is quite a typical event around here. Most years we attend one at the beginning of July about 7 miles from our village. Typically there will be lots of old steam driven 'traction engines', loads of old tractors, road building vehicles and the show also combines steam with 'heavy horses'. It's a great day out. I've not seen the engines today but every now and then I hear a 'hoot' as one passes by the end of the road. A steam whistle is a wonderful sound of an English summer. I'm not sure