Went there on Wednesday, arrived at 9am, rain just starting, got soaked even wearing waterproofs, came back to the car park to get dry clothes and wellies, alarm bells ringing as a few people were struggling to leave, uphill stubble field. Went back to see more, got wet again, so decided to go back to accomodation to dry off. Moved about 12 feet before bogging down, waited for 1 1/2 hours for the tractor to pull me up the field, he was working flat out and still cheerful. Another tractor came along to assist him, reckon 1 in 3 vehicles needed a tow. Had to go flat out from top of field to the gate to avoid bogging again, it was so wet. On the way down in the morning, I saw the Battle of Britain Class loco "Winston Churchill", in Rownhams Service going East, so that made me wonder on conditions before I arrived. It was planned to go in the Heavy Haulage arena.
Heard from Hotbed, who is camping there, that the East carpark (where I had been on Weds), was closed, so running out of time today, I had to abort my second day. Hope conditions improve, the sun was shining when I left. A great pity as a lot of hard work goes into the event.