Rough Justice!

Today Kirsty and I went to the Great Eccleston Show. A colleague of mine does tractor pulling and competes around Europe, so we went to see him when he was local. His tractor is called Rough Justice and he won his class, so we were very excited!

Neither of us knew what to expect from tractor pulling but we both really enjoyed the day and worked out the rules by the end of the session...each class of tractors has a heavier sled that they have to pull, and this sled gets progressively more difficult to pull the further you pull it. If your tractor pulls it further than the chequered flag then you get through to the next round where the sled is heavier. The top three in this round are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall!

Best viewed large - and they chuck out masses of thick black smoke from the potent mix of fuels that they run on! Thankfully the wind was blowing in the other direction...

Add to that a hog roast bun, an ice cream, an early birthday present and you get a brilliant day out.