HEAVY rain couldn't stop the gentle giants of the farming world at the first Beamish Ploughing Match.
Seven competitors from across Britain brought their heavy horses to take part in the competition at the open air museum's 19th Century Pockerley Manor on Saturday. Ploughing matches died out with the advent of heavy machinery, but the tradition has been revived at Beamish. Spectators witnessed traditional ploughs and contestants dressed in period costume. Taking part were two of the museum's own Clydesdale horses, mother and daughter Twinkle and Bonnie.
Competitors got a specially cast plough tip and a ploughing competition certificate dating back to the late 1800s
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