A HEREFORDSHIRE tractor run is once again raising money for well known charities, but this year is a year like no other.
The Golden Valley Tractor Run setting off from Gwatkin Cider at Moorhampton Park Farm near Abbey Dore will take place this Sunday August 3, the tenth year of bringing together tractors for a "run" around the nearby countryside.
The event occurs to raise money in memory of Mary Jean Metcalfe who died on 2012. Her son Robert Metcalfe and daughter Sheila Oliver and friend Richard Watkins have planned and organised each route for ten years since 2015.
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Raising over £10,000 for Macmillan and Marie Curie throughout the years, tractors from far and wide come to join the event, including places such as Hay-on-Wye, Bridgnorth in Shropshire, Leominster, Monmouth and other parts of Herefordshire.
In previous years the tractor run has taken in the beautiful Golden Valley countryside including stops at Kilpeck, through private land at Orcop and in 2017, then on Garway Hill, the run stopped for lunch at Desmene Farm.
Samantha Metcalfe, Jean's granddaughter, said: "It is fantastic and I can't believe that it is ten years. Last year we achieved £1,200 and it just started with dad (Robert) deciding to go for a tractor run and organising the event.
"A huge thank you has to go to the tractors who join us every year and to Gwatkin for hosting us again. Thank you to those who have supported the Golden Valley Tractor Run over the years."
The run will consist of on and off road section with a break, including a raffle with prizes donated by Herefordshire companies including Gwatkin, Forge Garage at Wormbridg and Mailles Butchers in Ewyas Harold, to name but a few
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