LOOKING BACK 2020

In the UK, the Covid-19 epidemic whipped out the late spring and summer season completely. However, a few low key events took place in August and the high point of the season was the weekend of September 12-13 when a raft of events took place across the land (under Covid-19 regulations).

Guidance

By then we were heading for a lockdown again regarding ploughing matches, road runs and end of season gatherings although some events still went ahead under government/local authority guidance with limited numbers and ticket only affairs like the October 4-5 Ardingly Autumn Show and Game Fair. Our biggest event in Europe - in our sector at least - is The Great Dorset Steam Fair over the August bank holiday it hung on as long as it could but had to be called off as the situation did not improve. Places that had more success in running special events in 2020 were