A THREE-DAY charity breakfast bonanza was a sell-out success at Scaife Hall Farm, Blubberhouses.

More than 180 people tucked in during six sittings and raised £8,000 for the national Addington Fund farming charity.

Hosted by Coun Christine Ryder, deputy mayor of Harrogate, and her farmer husband Chris, it pushed the total they have raised for the Fund to £25,000 over three years.

This year’s total was further boosted by donations of £2,000 from sponsors Barclays Bank and £1,250 from Craven Cattle Marts, who run Skipton Auction Mart, which included proceeds from the sale of charity produce donated at the mart’s 2016 Christmas primestock shows.

The Addington Fund offers a lifeline and safety net to farmers in desperate need of housing or emergency funds.

Ian Bell, chief executive, said: "Once more, every penny raised will be used to support Yorkshire farming families. Demand in the county is probably as high as anywhere and last year we supported 10 families with housing across Yorkshire, which represented exactly half of our total provision."

Mrs Ryder said: "It was another magnificent effort by all concerned. We cannot thank everyone enough."