Saturday, October 17, 2009
Bury Down
This was the scene when we pulled into the Ridgeway car park this morning; a ploughing match was underway at Folly Farm, West Ilsley. It was wonderful to see how those old tractors have been kept and cherished over the years.
Greger, being a farmer's son who's done a bit of ploughing himself, explained that the competitors would be judged on straightness of line, consistent depth of furrow, and general evenness.
While we were getting ready for our walk, a skylark was in full song above. But it would be a quiet day bird-wise, with three or four stonechats the best on the ground and thirty-odd golden plover over Bury Down the best on the wing. And when we got back to the car park, the old tractors had been loaded onto various trailers and were on their way home.
// posted by Christine @ 12:08 PM 
