Hundreds of tractors take part in Knaresborough charity parade

At least 400 tractors have been paraded through a North Yorkshire town to raise money for charity.

The 2024 Knaresborough Tractor Run saw the annual event's biggest ever convoy set off from the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate on Sunday.

Steve Brown, one of the organisers, said he hoped the final tallies would show more than £20,000 had been raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Spectators had "lined the route from start to finish", Mr Brown added.

The tractor run was first held several years ago, run by a group of young farmers who saw it as a chance to get together for a "weekend jolly", he said.

Michael Spink, one of the event's founders, was working in New Zealand when he died

One of those original farmers was Michael Spink, from North Yorkshire, who later died in an accident in January 2017 aged 24 after travelling to New Zealand for work.

The event continued in his memory and eventually grew into the spectacle it is now.

Mr Brown, who is also chair of Knaresborough Young Farmers Club, said: "He is at the heart of the tractor run.

"We do it to remember him and to raise funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which he always supported."

To raise the funds, a total of 401 tractors made a loop from Harrogate to locations such as Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge and Bishop Monkton.

"We set off at just after 09:00, but it took around an hour and 15 minutes to get all of the tractors out of the showground," Mr Brown said.

"I would like to thank everyone for coming. The spectators, participants and helpers were all brilliant."