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Tractors light up county with Christmas convoy

Nathan Hemmingham,East Yorkshire and Lincolnshireand
Jake Zuckerman,in Market Weighton
News imageJoe Bilton / BBC A blue tractor has Christmas lights attached to it and at the front has an inflatable Christmas tree and Santa.Joe Bilton / BBC
News imageJoe Bilton / BBC A small tractor is leaving a compound. It has a man dressed as Santa and festive lights wrapped around a bar on the back of the vehicle. A green elf is also hanging from it.Joe Bilton / BBC
And we're off! The charity Christmas tractor run started in Market Weighton
Even the big man himself got involved in the action, accompanied by an elf

The second annual East Yorkshire Villages Christmas Tractor Run took place earlier.

A convoy of tractors, all lit up, set off at 16:30 GMT on the 37-mile (59.5km) procession from Market Weighton and made its way through 10 villages and a town before finishing in North Newbold.

The event raised money for two causes - St James's Hospital Melanoma Department and Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Organiser Dave Smith, 54, said about 90 vehicles, including vintage tractors from the 50s along with more modern models, vintage trucks, an open-top double decker bus and vintage fire engines, took part.

"It's a little bit different," he added. "It has gotten more and more popular.

"All the flashing lights and air horns, it's five days before Christmas, who wouldn't like it? It's fabulous.

"Last year, I wasn't expecting anything like what it was. All the kids laughing and waving, it's a lovely feeling right before Christmas."

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