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RICHARD MEADEN

I’VE BEEN SURFING THE CLASSIFIEDS AGAIN. ‘What’s new?!’ I hear you cry. And you’d be right. Rare old air-cooled Porsches, barn-find Lamborghinis, a few old Fords. Even some classic British kit from the ’50s and ’60s. All have come under my watchful gaze. The only difference is that instead of hunting for sports cars I can neither afford nor need, I’ve been searching for something I actually need and can afford: a tractor.

No, I haven’t lost my mind. And no, you won’t be seeing battling and on Amazon and YouTube. Watching me tending to a couple of acres of grass paddock is unlikely to be TV gold, although as beer tends to be a component of gardening and property maintenance at Meaden Towers I might be selling the spectacle short.

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