Wee John

Delighted to be able to report that John Fraser, the recently retired chief photographer at The Scottish Farmer, was the centre of attention in Belfast last week.
Wee John has for years been a regular at the Balmoral Show. For years he has also had fascination for vintage farm machinery.
John's colleagues in Northern Ireland took him by surprise by holding a presentation to mark his retiral.
His gift .. a vintage tractor, of course.
Guild Northern Ireland chairman Rodney Magowan does, however, point out that the machine in question was a miniature rather than a full-sized version.
A full-sized version could have posed problems for Wee John on the return flight to Glasgow and resulted in a rather large excess baggage charge. Still it makes a change from having to pay the fare home for him and Ken Fletcher after he was responsible for them missing the flight home from last year's show..