An old British Leyland brand tractor, type 272, is slowly overgrown by nettles, thistles and rust. It must have been here for many years. Somewhere in a meadow in Shropshire, England. British Leyland tractors were built between 1976 and 1984 at Bathgate in Scotland. So this unit is at least 40 years old (photo is from 2024). Originally, the tractor had a nice baby blue colour. Little of that can be seen now. A tractor with a cab was quite a luxury in those days. The front loader was probably used to fetch feed from a silo or straw manure from the barn.
A picture like this would not look out of place in an office or canteen. Buy it as photo wallpaper and park the tractor life-size in your space.
Amateur photographer and curious hiker. Often on the road, always with a camera. I photograph what catches my attention, what makes an impression. My challenge is to capture that, together with the emotion, the commotion of that moment. With a fascination for lines, patterns, .. Read more…