Organisers behind a vintage tractor run have confirmed next year will be its last.
After 20 years of the Buchan Vintage Tractor Run trundling through the area, 2020 will be the final run.
And the event will be going out on a high having donated more than £116,350 since 2003 to various charities.
It started off in 2000 when Mintlaw man Dougie Nicol and some other enthusiasts decided to show off their vehicles in action.
Instead of just displaying them statically like at other rallies, the group wanted to drive the machines around the north-east to show them off.
And, after its initial popularity, the organisers decided it would only be fitting to hold it annually in aid of charity.
The first fundraising year was 2003 when the convoy set off on a route from Mintlaw around the surrounding villages and back.
That year they raised £1,671 and gave it to the National Asthma Association.
Mr Nicol, whose tractors continue to feature, said: “We decided to do it for charity and raise money as a family we knew had just lost their little girl to asthma.
“So that was the charity we started with.
“We’re very grateful for every penny people gave and it inspired us to keep going over the years.
“I’ve been running it for almost 20 years now with some other folk and it has been wonderful but it’s time to call an end to it.”
Since that first year the group has donated money to a range of different charities and local causes.
This year the Buchan branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Alzheimers Reseach each received £3,700, bringing the event to a total of £116,350 donated.
Starting from around 15 tractors, the event has grown massively with the record being 77 on a run at a time.
Every year the route has been altered, with April’s run going from Old Deer, Stuartfield, Maud, New Pitsligo and back, with a stop in Strichen for lunch.
Mr Nicol said: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed doing it as have our tractor drivers and the public.
“Every year it has been amazing to see people waving as we go on past.
“We’re so proud to have been helping a lot of people in so many ways with that money and if it wasn’t for the drivers and those who donate then we wouldn’t have lasted this long.”
