Sun shines on vintage rally

Photos by Peter Robinson

Crowds flocked to the 2024 South Molton Vintage Rally, held at Frankhill Farm, Rackenford over the first weekend in June.

A wonderful celebration of farming heritage and rural life in North Devon, visitors were able to enjoy watching traction engines in action cutting logs and baling hay. Perhaps the stars of the show were the vintage tractors which drew one of the biggest crowds to the parade ground.

Classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and stationary engines were also on display, while the popular Sheep Show entertained the crowds, young and old! Every year South Molton Vintage Rally Club donates thousands of pounds to local charities and good causes raised by its local events.

Above, 1915 Overtime tractor used on farms during WW1, owned by Lee Curtis from South Molton, and below, a line up of classic British cars

Drawing the crowds, the Sheep Show above and vintage tractors below