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A Spitfire (left) and a Hurricane (right) fly over Birdingbury Country Festival. This festival has taken place in the eponymous east Warwickshire village. Part fete, part country fair, part steam rally, in earlier years the event was centred on the village streets but now most of the events are held away from the public roads.

The cutting south of the in filled bridge near Bondon Farm is flooded at this point.

For many years, the Birdingbury Country Festival has taken place in the eponymous east Warwickshire village. Part fete, part country fair, part steam rally, in earlier years the event was centred on the village streets but now most of the events are held away from the public roads. This picture shows a steam-powered mobile sawing rig - steam engine, crane and circular saw. The engine (which is towable rather than self-propelled) is a Clayton & Shuttleworth.

For many years, the Birdingbury Country Festival has taken place in the eponymous east Warwickshire village. Part fête, part country fair, part steam rally, in earlier years the event was centred on the village streets but now most of the events are held away from the public roads. This picture shows an Aveling road roller, one of several working exhibits.

Northwest of Birdingbury, the now-dismantled railway from Leamington Spa to Rugby enters this cutting.

For many years, the Birdingbury Country Festival has taken place in the eponymous east Warwickshire village. Part fete, part country fair, part steam rally, in earlier years the event was centred on the village streets but now most of the events are held away from the public roads. This picture shows a typical two-door clerestory-roofed showman's 'living van'. Behind it, the lorry houses a Gavioli fairground organ. The tractor is a Ferguson - no country fair is complete without at least one 'Little Grey Fergie'.

This is what remains of the Rugby - Leamington railway, to the south west of Birdingbury Viaduct, which finally closed in the 1980s. There is a proposal to upgrade this stretch to become part of the national cycle network.

Looking northeast along the embankment that carried the now-dismantled railway line from Leamington Spa to Banbury.

A Spitfire flies over Birdingbury Country Festival. This festival has taken place in the eponymous east Warwickshire village. Part fete, part country fair, part steam rally, in earlier years the event was centred on the village streets but now most of the events are held away from the public roads.