Big-hearted Caithness tractor club raises £7200 for air ambulance charity
Members of a Caithness tractor club gathered at Thrumster village hall to present a cheque for £7200 to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) on Monday evening.
Caithness Vintage Tractor and Machinery Club (CVTMC) raised the amount from its ploughing match and charity auction at Knockdee Farm in the Stemster area last year.
Chair of the CVTMC, Andrew Mackay said: “The people who hosted the Knockdee event had a member of their family taken away in a helicopter and wanted to give the money to this charity.
“It’s a really great thing to do and every year we raise money for different charities.”
Michael Hanratty, the SCAA community fundraising officer for NHS Highlands and Islands was delighted to accept the cheque and said: “I’m based in Dornoch and SCAA helicopters are based in Perth and Aberdeen.
“Today, I’m in Caithness and tomorrow I’m in Grantown-on-Spey so I can really clock up the miles. I cover from Dunoon to Shetland.”
Michael hosted a slideshow about the work undertaken by the charity and some stories about the lives that have been saved. There was also a series of aerial photographs of various Scottish locations that he asked if anyone recognised.
