This year the North Kent Ploughing Match (NKPM) took place on 30 September on Gosenhill Farm, Crockenhill, by kind permission of A J Clements & Sons, and I was there to try my hand in Class 9B: Vintage tractor with mounted plough.
The match was set in the lower valley of the farm, on the outskirts of Crockenhill village, with loamy soil. It’s a farm I grew up around, with all school holidays spent attempting to be helpful here, with tractor driving my favourite pastime.
I was encouraged to take part with my 1959 Fordson Dexta and Ferguson two-furrow plough and drop my ‘novice badge’ once and for all. Having booked my place with
