The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2014 - Issue 35 | Page 26

THE BULMERS OF SHARLSTON

precedence at the moment. “I
go to vintage tractor rallies and
last year we started our own
tractor road run around here.
We held our second earlier
this year. It is now the Priory
Roses Vintage Group Tractor
Road Run and we raise money
for charity. This year we raised
over £2,600 for Yorkshire Air
Ambulance and one of their
helicopters is based on the
Nostell Priory Estate. We
have great support from local
companies including Farmstar,
Ripon Farm Services, Colin
Moxon of Yorkshire Fertilisers
who was a great help, F. Peart
Co and our local branch of the
NFU - and we had 62 tractors
this time. Last year we started
with just 18 and three of them
were ours!
“Our journey starts at
Nostell and takes us through
Sharlston, Featherstone and to
Farmer Copley’s Farm Shop.
After stopping off there we go

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back to Featherstone then cut
across to Ackworth and take in
Darrington and Kirk Smeaton,
stopping for lunch at Thorpe
Audlin. We take in Badworth
and Ackworth on the way
back to where we started,” she
explained. “It’s become very
popular with the public too and
we get hundreds turning out to
watch and give to charity.”

‘This year we
raised over
£2,600 for
Yorkshire Air
Ambulance and
one of their
helicopters
is based on
the Nostell
Priory Estate’

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