Steam Ploughing 2016

[johnsawle]

Just got home after a brilliant week, thank goodness I didn't miss it.
What I said to Mr Townsend was that this was the first time I have taken an engine outside Cornwall in the 54 years I have been an engine owner and it's the first time since the tractor finished work in 1952 that it has been ploughing.
The Ransome TS46 plough was refurbished this year and had not been used by us before the York event. After letting some of the air out of the rear tires the tractor gripped well and I think we did a good job. The land was very light and easy to work. Our land in Cornwall is heavier and might test the tractor a bit more. .
For most of the ploughing the Agritractor was driven, very competently, by 15 year old Steam Apprentice Tom Fogg who is riding as passenger in the above two photos.

My thanks to Teagle Machinery Ltd. Blackwater who sponsored me with free transport for the 800 mile return trip