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Between the 12th and 14th of May would see the 'Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway' put on their annual steam gala dubbed the 'Cotswold Festival of Steam'. Rail strikes by the ASLEF and RMT unions on the Friday and Saturday dates would mean lower than usual numbers, but from what I saw during the day, the line looked well patronised despite public transport setbacks; and thanks to family relatives, I was still able to attend.

Five visitors would greet the railway for this iteration of the event, these being ex-BR Standard 4 no '75014', which had arrived in March earlier in the year to haul services and would be returning to its home base, the Dartmouth Steam Railway, shortly after, ex-Southern/BR U Class no '31806', ex-L&YR/LMS/BR Aspinall Pug no '11243', ex-BR built LMS Ivatt 2 no '78019', and ex-GWR/BR Castle no '4079, Pendennis Castle', which I didn't cover too much nor ride during this event as I have already done so at the SVR. The steam traction within the GWSR fleet was also in action on the day as well.

Due to the shorter runtime of this video, both my lineside and droplight shots have been put together as one video; however, chapters to certain parts of the video have been provided below so you can choose which parts you want to watch.

Overall, a more relaxed gala this time due to only wanting to capture the locomotives I wanted, but I did enjoy this visit more than last year, due to being in a better place mentally than I was before. Other than that, I hope you enjoy the video!

Chapters: LS = Lineside, WS = Windowside

LS: Cheltenham Racecourse station - 0:00
WS: 75014, Cheltenham Racecourse to Winchcombe - 1:48
LS: Winchcombe station - 8:27
WS: 7903 (as 6999), Winchcombe to Toddngtion - 13:01
LS: Toddington station + Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway - 17:53
WS: 31806, Toddington to Broadway - 22:52
LS: Broadway station - 24:47
WS: 31806, Broadway to Toddington - 26:06
WS: 75014, Toddington to Winchcombe - 30:58
LS: Winchcombe station - 36:01
WS: 31806/35006, Winchcombe to Gotherington - 39:53
LS: Gotherington station - 41:50
WS: 11243, Winchcombe to Toddington - 46:02
LS: Toddington station - 49:54
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