Proposed change to tractor rules in car-free Sark sparks row

Peter Plummer, nicknamed the King of Sark, drives the tractor-towed bus service, known locally as the “toast rack” because of the shape of its passenger-carrying trailer, taking visitors up and down Harbour Hill on arrival and when leaving the island.

He holds special permission to drive his vehicle seven days a week and said he did not think the rule should be changed to allow everyone to do the same.

“If the rule is changed, I think people will take it for granted.

“It’s a slippery slope – at what point do you say no?”

He said that, despite dwindling summer seasons, allowing more tractor movement, and with it more dust and noise, would hurt the tourist economy rather than help it.