I attended the Spring Diesel Gala today and had a fantastic time. With the weather forecast being heavy rain all today, I was debating whether or not to attend. Despite the roads being very wet in places (water was across the A46 in a couple of locations!) and Quorn yard having quite a bit of water in it when we arrived, it turned out to be a great day and the sun was out for the last couple of journeys which meant I could go home in my car and didn't need to locate a boat
It was my first time seeing a Deltic running and so I was pleased to get a few trips behind it. Shame about the trespassers between Rothley and Leicester on the last run though
Does anyone know what happened to the 37's? We were waiting for them to come through Rothley top and tailed in the afternoon and my plan was for us to ride behind 37714 to Loughborough. The service was cancelled and it made it's way back to Loughborough from Swithland. Strangely, both 37's were on the back of Set B's next trip out (the 31 leading), and a bit later D6700 was on the rear of a top and tail service and 37714 was hauling the final Leicester service.
We were under the impression 37714 had failed so it must have been a quick fix?