WESTON PARK FESTIVAL OF TRANSPORT 2009

Held  at Weston Park, Shropshire.

Weston Hall

Weston Park is a stately home located on the A5 at Weston under Lizard in Shropshire. The 17th Century house is surrounded by a park designed by Capability Brown and hosts a number of events from the G8 summit in 1998 to Jazz Proms in the summer.

The Show Field

The Festival of Transport has been staged at Weston for the last 22 years and this year features over 1700 vehicles from supercars to vintage motorbikes.

Cycle and Scooter Display

Alongside the vehicle displays there is an autojumble and a large ring staging a wide variety of displays.

The event had a disastrous 2008 which saw this event like many others affected by poor weather and gates plunging to as low as 3500 people.

Collecting for a good cause.

This year the event was blessed with better weather and attendance was back up to a respectable level.

A tidy saloon.

The Austin Seven is usually well represented at Weston and this year was no different with Sevens appearing in the pre 1939 vehicle enclosure and one or two of the Club stands.

A sporty two seater.

Amongst the displays in the ring this year there was a static aero engine that used to power a Bristol Beaufighter. The noise and power of this engine when it was fired up and revved was something to behold and the Safety Officer stood nearby must have been pondering his risk assessment - his face was a picture.

Aero engine display.

They don't design them like they used to.

Adjacent to the autojumble there was a display of commercial vehicles which included the classic example pictured above. A great bit of design but somewhat disturbing as it is younger than we are!