It's heavy-going underfoot . . . - a photo on Flickriver

. . . at the Great Dorset Steam Fair this year. Lots of rain has turned the ground into a boggy quagmire but nevertheless I'd love to be there. It's not going to happen though, I'm still a bit sore from a cracked rib two weeks ago so have decided to give it a miss. I'm there in spirit however and keeping up to date with all the latest photos on their facebook page and enjoying all the uploads to flickr.

This photo obviously wasn't taken this year, you've only got to look at the fashions to realise this was a few decades ago, 39 years ago in 1975 to be precise and the very first time I attended the Dorset show. I went on a coach trip and nobody had warned me about mud so I was quite alarmed when I saw everyone had turned up carrying wellington boots and I had none. I carefully picked my way around the site but thankfully it wasn't very muddy that year, 1976 and 1977 were a different story, but by then I was prepared.

This photo has been scanned from a Fuji slide. Despite keeping my slides in the dark, some fading is apparent and it has been quite difficult to attempt to rescue the colour. Not sure which camera was used, but suspect it may have been my Practica TL with 50mm lens which was the one usually loaded with slide film.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Blandford Forum (show map)

Taken on: September 28, 1975

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