A bunch of Shropshire men are travelling the length of the country on vintage tractors, and its all for charity. We catch up with them as they pass through Shrewsbury to find out more.
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00:00 How we doing lads, we're at the Travelodge Shrewsbury and how's it going?
00:05 Morning, great.
00:06 Very well.
00:07 Look, there's a lovely little tick of an engine in the background, just fill us in on who
00:11 you are, where we are, where you going, what's happening.
00:14 Go on lads.
00:15 Paul Marsh from Appleton, I'm on the Mass of Ferguson, we're doing John and Grace of
00:22 Lansden, raising money for charities.
00:24 What charities?
00:25 Prostrate, Ovarian, Alzheimer's and there's two local firms in Bridgenorth called Free
00:34 Wheelers and what's the other one, Baz?
00:38 West Mercia Search and Rescue.
00:39 Ah great, yeah, basically Bridge, great bunch of lads they are, and girls of course.
00:45 So when did you start off, how long's this trip going to take you?
00:49 We went on Wednesday, all in the back of a lorry, all the way up to John and Grace, unloaded
00:55 and then we drove 18 miles down back to Wick, stayed at Wick the first night, that was Wednesday.
01:03 Thursday night we was in Drummond Rocket, next night was in the Drovers Arms on the
01:11 Loch Ness, big day then, 126 miles down to Dumfries.
01:15 126?
01:16 Well I'm just looking at those trucks, I mean there's not necessarily great backrests on
01:21 the seats in there is there?
01:22 I don't know, I don't know.
01:23 Well it's yours one of the ones with the backrest?
01:27 But I mean them two ones in the middle in particular, who's driving the two middle ones?
01:30 Me and Barby.
01:31 Yeah, doesn't it do you back in, doesn't it?
01:34 It's not too bad, I'll put it out of your mind.
01:38 Pop the ibuprofen in the morning and crack on with it.
01:41 So when do you anticipate finishing then lads?
01:43 Friday, the last night is in Hale and then it's just leaving us 18 miles to do then on
01:50 the last day into Jungle Grove, into Land's End sorry.
01:54 All the families and partners and everything are coming down on a Friday to greet us there
01:59 and having a bit of a boozy session in St Just the weekend.
02:03 Did this idea start with a boozy session in a pub by any chance?
02:08 What happens, because you're open, you know a couple of you lads are open to the elements,
02:11 what happens when it's raining and that, is it just sucking up?
02:13 We don't know, they ain't got wet yet.
02:15 Yeah, I'm probably jinxing it now, you know.
02:18 So have you had any issues so far kind of on the road with you know hills, with mechanical
02:23 bits, anything?
02:24 No, not really, I mean Bar's running for the back of his mate because his foot fell off
02:30 a brake pedal, but no nothing drastic.
02:31 We have to adjust the brakes now and then and you know sort of do a little bit of a
02:37 tidy up job.
02:38 Top up with oil in it.
02:39 Top up with oil and water.
02:40 Checking you and doing your daily checks and this and that.
02:44 I know you, are you expecting, I mean you know when you started off were you kind of
02:47 thinking I'm not sure if all these tractors are going to make it?
02:50 We obviously thought that yeah.
02:51 Yeah, yeah.
02:52 We obviously thought that yeah, but you know we've had some big days, we've covered the
02:53 back of it now, we've broke the back of it.
02:54 Yeah.
02:55 570 miles under our belt now, we've got about 350 to do.
02:56 Great stuff.
02:57 So we're well over half way.
02:58 So.
02:59 And we've had some big days up to now, 126 is our biggest day and the lowest one was
03:00 under the 50s.
03:01 So we've got to get on with it.
03:02 So you're technical support aren't you?
03:19 Yes.
03:20 So are you literally totalling behind them?
03:21 No I tend to, I'll make cups of tea first thing in the morning.
03:22 Yeah.
03:23 Then I'll sort of do 30, 40 miles.
03:24 Yeah.
03:25 And then I'll get the front again.
03:26 Oh ok.
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