Festive tractor run in Caithness will mark centenary of Young Farmers
Tractors decorated with Christmas lights will be taking to the roads of Caithness next week in a fundraising event ahead of the centenary year of the Young Farmers movement.
The open tractor run on Tuesday will start at Bower and finish in Thurso, with money being collected for three charities.
It is part of a series of events marking the 100th anniversary of a national organisation that had its origins in Caithness.
Scotland's first Young Farmers club was formed at a meeting in Lanergill school, near Watten, in 1923. The movement is now led by the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC).
Tractor drivers will pay £10 to take part in Tuesday's event and there is still time to enter. Funds from the centenary activities will be divided between Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance, MFR Cash for Kids and RSABI (the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution).

Avril Henderson, secretary of the Caithness Young Farmers' 100th anniversary committee, said: "Come and give us a wave, or if you see us going past give a toot to keep everyone going.
"Or get your tractor decorated with all the lights and come along and join in. It's a bit of fun and we hope to raise some money for our charities at the same time.
"To enter, please text James Mackay on 07809 457112 – the entry fee is £10 which is payable on the day."
The tractor run will start at Bower Hall at 4pm on December 27, heading through Gillock to Watten then back along the main road to Dunn and going up past the former Lanergill school (now a private house) to Mybster. It will proceed past Achalone to Halkirk, Glengolly and Westfield, then from Lythmore to Forss, before finishing at Thurso harbour.
The journey is expected to take about two hours.
There are more than 70 Young Farmers clubs across Scotland, with three still active in Caithness – Bower, Forss and Halkirk.
SAYFC describes itself as a membership organisation for young people who live and work in rural Scotland, aged between 14 and 30.
It is Scotland’s largest rural youth organisation with more than 3500 members divided into West, East and North regions.
The centenary programme in Caithness will culminate in a dinner/dance towards the end of 2023.