The Longford Ploughing Championship

This was held in March 2006 and was a nice day out. They had it arranged over two or three large fields and you could do a nice walk around the perimeter and get to see everything. The old tractors and horse ploughing held the most interest for me, but they also had more modern equipment and loy digging. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the digging.

Getting Off

We're off again

Concentration

Look Out!

There seemed to be an inordinate amount of climbing off tractors and measuring up.

This guy seems to be off again

Deep in concentration for that perfect straight furrow

If these guys don't pay attention to where they're going, somebody is going to get hurt.

       

He's Done

Has he seen me?

Willing Helpers

Is it fixed yet?

Either that or he just fancies a drive around for a break

I think I had better get out of the way

This driver didn't seem to be short of help when she experience some problems

They'll get it going eventually

       

Heavy Horses

After Turning

Making Progress

Holding the Line

This guy was pretty good.

This was fascinating to watch and wonderful to still see the old traditions kept alive

This was actually amazingly fast. You could see that this team would get a lot of work done

Again, you can see the concentration involved here.

       

 

The other way

Another Team

A bit Modern

 

The same guy but going the other direction

These horses were a lot smaller but perhaps better matched

Not exactly what held my interest but this is why most people come.