It was the kind of surprise I like. As we waited for our cooked breakfast to arrive while away on our short break I said to wife, Barbra “You see that sign over there? It says a tractor rally is about to descend here, in Thirsk marketplace, next to where we’re sitting, in about an hour.” I had hardly got those words out when right then the front runners arrived early, no doubt keen to bag a decent spot on the
