AUGUST
AUGUST 5-7
Cirencester. 37th Gloucestershire Steam & Vintage Extravaganza, South Cerney airfield.
Details: website.



AUGUST 6-7
Darlington Croft Military & Historic Vehicle Rally, Croft Circuit, near Darlington.
Details: phone: 07711 630707, email, website.

Edinburgh Truckfest Scotland, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh.
Details: website

Formby, Merseyside. Woodvale rally at RAF Woodvale. Two day car and military vehicle rally with internal park & Ride service both days by Merseyside Transport Trust. Bus rally planned or the Sunday.
Details: Woodvale website, MTT website, email.

Norton Fitzwarren. West Somerset Railway Steam Fayre & Vintage Vehicle Rally (approximately five miles north-west of Taunton). Quantock Motor Services provide connecting buses to/from Taunton bus and railway stations. Further details on these will be available nearer the date Quantock website.
Details: The Railway Station, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 3BX website.



AUGUST 7
Brighton & Sheffield Park Brighton & Hove tilling RML2317 running to Bluebell Railway from Brighton via Lewes.
Details: phone 01825 720800 website.

Crich Tramway Village. Emergency vehicles day.
Details: Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Matlock, DE4 5DP. Phone: 01733 854321, Fax: 01773 854321, email, website.

Eastbourne Classic Bus Running Day. Services are planned along the seafront and also to Pevensey Bay, Polegate, Beachy Head, Hailsham and Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway.
Details: Steven Wood, 97 Fordwich Rise, HERTFORD SG14 2DF, phone: 07793 447263 email or Clive Wilkin, 94 Kings Road, COWPLAIN PO8 8UT email
Programmes and vehicle diagrams: £6.50 (A5 stamped addressed envelope please) from East Grinstead address above, or £7 on the day. Usually available seven to 10 days before the event from Country Bus Rallies, 19 Hampton Way, East Grinstead RH19 4SG. website

Gosport Provincial Bus Rally, Stokes Bay 10.00-16.30. Organised by Provincial Society. Vintage bus services, large static display of buses. Free shuttle bus connection from Gosport Ferry for Portsmouth and train, bus and ferry links.
Details: Gerry Tormey, The Provincial Society, c/o 30 Wises Court, Mumby Road, Gosport, Hants PO12 1DD email website.

Ipswich Transport Museum joint admission day with Mid Suffolk Light Railway 11.00-16.00. See both museums in one day, ride on a steam train and take the connecting classic bus service (fare payable) connecting Ipswich bus and rail stations with both museums.
Details: Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road, Ipswich, IP3 9JD. Phone: 01473 715666. website.

Middleton/Harrogate. 43^rd Trans-Pennine Run for buses, coaches & lorries from Birch Services, M62, Middleton to The Stray, Harrogate (no part of the route is on motorway). Organised by the HCVS.
Details: 43rd Trans-Pennine Run, 3 Kent Drive, PUDSEY. LS28 9EF Phone: 0113 257 9770, website, email.

Stoke-on-Trent. EVENT CANCELLED Potteries Six Towns Running Day.
Details: website.

Walsall. Classic car & transport show, Arboretum Extension.
Details: Transtar Promotions 01922 643385 website.



AUGUST 13-14
Crich Tramway Village. 1940s Weekend.
Details: Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Matlock, DE4 5DP. Phone: 01733 854321, Fax: 01773 854321, email, website.

Redhill "100 Years of Transport", Robins Cook Farm, Kingsmill Lane, Redhill, Surrey
Details: phone: 07799 191013, website.

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum Blues and Twos Trolley weekend with visiting emergency vehicles, fire and rescue displays.
Details: 01724 711391. website email.

Sheffield Park, Sussex Vintage Transport Weekend, Bluebell Railway, Sheffield Park.
Details: website.



AUGUST 14
Biggar, Lanarkshire. Albion Foundation Rally, Showfield, Edinburgh Road.
Details: Helen carrick, phone 01899 220968, email

Bristol Bus Rally & Running Day at Brislington Park & Ride. Organised by Bristol Vintage Bus Group & Avon Valley Railway.
Details: David Cole, Avon Valley Railway, Bitten Station, Bath Road, Bitten, BRISTOL BS30 6HD. Phone 0117 932 5538, email

Herne Bay Bus Rally, William Street Car Park, Herne Bay.
Details: phone 07932 812268, email

Leyland Great British Lorries Day, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street.
Details: Phone 01772 451011, fax 01772 451015, website.

Rotherham South Yorkshire Transport Museum open day.
Details: website, email

Stafford Classic Car & Transport Show, Shugborough Hall, Milford, Staffs.
Details: Transtar Promotions 01922 643385 website.

Woburn Rally, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
Details: Transtar Promotions 01234 764691 website.



AUGUST 16-18
Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. Greyhound Gathering of Buses at the Greyhound Bus Museum.
The SHOWBUS team will be attending the Greyhound Gathering.
Details: Charles Wotring 001-717-691-1147 email or Gene Nicolelli 001-218-263-5814 email website.



AUGUST 20-21
Lathalmond, Fife. Scottish Vintage Bus Museum open weekend. Entrance charges: Day - Adult £6, Concessions £3, Family £15 (2 Ad + 2 Ch); Weekend - Adult £10. Free bus service from Dunfermline (Old Fire Station) on the hour and half-hour from 10am - 5pm
Details: website.



AUGUST 21
Basingstoke. Hampshire Commercial Vehicle 60 mile Road Run, organised by the Thornycroft Society, finishing at Basingstoke's Milestones Museum.
Details: Tom Mansbridge, phone 01256 322376.

Brighton & Sheffield Park Brighton & Hove tilling RML2317 running to Bluebell Railway from Brighton via Lewes.
Details: phone 01825 720800 website.

Burley Summer Festival Classic Vehicle Show. FREE Entry to Vehicle owners & visitors alike. 11am to 4pm at Burley-in-Wharfedale Cricket Club, Grange Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale, West Yorkshire LS29 7NF
Details: website email..

Hemel Hempstead Running Day. Bus Station, Waterhouse St. Organised by Amersham & District Motorbus Society.
Details: website.



AUGUST 23
Whitfield, Kent Historic Commercials, Dover Transport Museum, Whitfield, Kent.
Details: phone 01303 248999 website email.



AUGUST 26-27
Acton Open weekend, London’s Transport Museum Acton Depot. Guided Tours at Acton Depot.
Details: website



AUGUST 27-28
Leyland Steam at the Museum, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street.
Details: Phone 01772 451011, fax 01772 451015, website.

Llangollen The Llangollen Railway Classic Transport Weekend (including 100 years of Crosville buses). Organised by Llangollen Railway and North West Museum of Road Transport.
Details: phone 07725 052659 Llangollen Railway website NW Museum of Road Transport website.



AUGUST 27-29
Hellingly, E Sussex Hellingly Festival of Transport, Broad Farm, Hellingly, East Sussex.
Details: phone 01323 843202 website.

Rudgwick, W Sussex Rudgwick Steam & Country Show, The Showground, Rudgwick, W Sussex.
Details: phone 01403 822378 website.

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Bank Holiday Weekend
Details: 01724 711391. website email.



AUGUST 28
Brighton & Sheffield Park Brighton & Hove tilling RML2317 running to Bluebell Railway from Brighton via Lewes.
Details: phone 01825 720800 website.

Old Warden, Beds., near Biggleswade to celebrate 50^th anniversary of the introduction of the RML Routemaster class. The event at Old Warden Aerodrome is open to all buses and coaches.
Details: website.

Southampton Running Day. Programmes (£5 & A5 sae to address below) available mid July.
Details: PB Bus Marketing, 2 Trafalgar Close, Chandlers Ford, EASTLEIGH SO53 4BW. website.

AUGUST 28-29
Birmingham. Bank Holiday Operating days at The Transport Museum, Wythall.
Details: The Transport Museum, Chapel Lane, WYTHALL. B47 6JX, phone 01564 826471, email, website.

Crich "Alice in Woodland" and Bank Holiday Extravaganza, Crich Tramway Village.
Details: Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Matlock, DE4 5DP. Phone: 01733 854321, Fax: 01773 854321, email, website.

Dunsfold Park, Surrey "Dunsfold Wings & Wheels". In association with Brooklands Museum.
Details: website.

Torfaen Transport Rally, Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, Torfaen, S.Wales.
Details: phone 01639 720708 website.



AUGUST 29
Aylsham, Kent. Friends of East Kent running day.
Details: website.

Ipswich Transport Museum ride a fire engine day 11.00-16.00.
Details: Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road, Ipswich, IP3 9JD. Phone: 01473 715666. website.

Sunderland. 27^th North East Bus Museum Seaburn Historic Vehicle Display. Seaburn Recreation Park on the sea front with trade stalls and amusements. This event will feature a selection of historic vehicles on display, trade stands, amusements for all and a free bus service around the local area. To travel to the event by public transport catch Stagecoach North East services E1 or E2 or Veolia service 558 which stop next to the site, or Stagecoach North East service E6 which stops close to the site.
Details: Phone: website.



AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 4
Blandford Forum. Great Dorset Steam Fair, Tarrant Hinton.
Details: Show Office, Dairy House Farm, Child Okeford, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 8HT, phone/fax: 01258 860361, website, email.