Pictures: Christmas tractor run raises thousands for charity

The Sheepy and District Ploughing Association has raised close to £20,000 for three local charities, having just held its third annual Christmas tractor run around the towns and villages of north Warwickshire.

© Charles Goadby

Around 75 tractors took part over two nights last weekend (11-12 December).

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The first run was centred on Atherstone and the second around Nuneaton and Bedworth – raising thousands for the local air ambulance, Mary Ann Evans hospice and the St Giles Hospice.

© Charles Goadby

“The event must have been watched by tens of thousands of spectators lining the streets and the reaction has been incredibly positive,” said one of the organisers, dairy and arable farmer Charles Goadby.