Before I post my final blog, here are three articles I have seen from French local papers:
From La Dépêche (Tarn et Garonne) anticipating my arrival at Saillagol, unfortunately with a photograph of the tractor in an "intermediate" state of restoration...
From the Villefranchois, describing my arrival in Saillagol.
From Les Informations Dieppoise. recording my emergence from the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry