A few photos from the 2013 FFF&B Ploughing Championships held at Barrington Park Estate on 28 Sept 2013. If you'd like to buy small-medium sized prints you can do so directly from this site from Photobox (UK) - simply click the thumbnail to enlarge and then right-click on the photo and select 'buy'. For large-format prints or to request a digital copy please drop me a line at 123drb(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @ of course).
The Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins and Burford Ploughing Society (http://www.ploughingmatch.co.uk) was formed in 1947 when four local Farming Clubs merged their respective ploughing matches into an annual event held at various venues roughly within a 10 mile radius of Lechlade. The Farming Clubs were set up during the Second World War by the Ministry of Agriculture in order to avoid a food shortage. The Clubs were encouraged to adopt more efficient methods of producing crops, milk, meat, and eggs, and competition ploughing fitted into that programme. The first championships were held in 1948 so this year marked the 65th anniversary of the event.
