MEMBERS of the Wessex Historic Tractor and Implement Club have held their annual Spring Road Run.
Thirty-one members and friends of the club set off from Middle Farm, Cheriton, at 10am on Sunday, April 21 in a range of vintage mmachines.
The convoy travelled along farm tracks which passed through the battle fields of the Civil War, before heading northwest along Cheriton Lane past the battle of Cheriton Memorial towards Ropley Dean.
They then crossed the A31 road towards Bighton, passing the Watercress Line at Ropley station. At Bighton the tractors passed the once famous Three Horseshoes Pub, before then travelling on to Alresford Pond and passing through Alresford.
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The convoy then headed towards Fobdown and Abbotstone, over the downs towards Itchen Stoke before heading towards Winchester and taking the A272 back to Cheriton, stopping finally at the Flower Pots Inn.
A collection from members and friends of the club for Wessex Cancer Trust was made and a donation of £320 has been handed over to the Trust.
The Wessex Historic Tractor & Implement Club have been invited to attend and display their vintage tractors at Westland Farm Shop’s open day on July 6, and will also be at the South Downs Show on August 10 and August 11.
The club will hold its annual working weekend Tracks Across the Field event at Froxfield on August 17 and August 18.
More details of this and other events can be found on the group’s website whtic.co.uk.
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