UK local events and Oddities- do you have any?
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Spurred on by the Gloucester Cheese rolling, do you have any local notable events that are unique to your region and worth seeing? There are some really interesting things i can think of, but would like to know more up and down the country.
They are usually things that are inherently dangerous or politically incorrect!
For example:
Burning Tar Barrels; Ottery St Mary Devon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmznuVOQbXY
Severn Bore Surfing: Gloucester onwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKA39LQOIck
Gloucester Cheese rolling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmnjHu4PwGc
What other eventscan you add to the list?
They are usually things that are inherently dangerous or politically incorrect!
For example:
Burning Tar Barrels; Ottery St Mary Devon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmznuVOQbXY
Severn Bore Surfing: Gloucester onwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKA39LQOIck
Gloucester Cheese rolling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmnjHu4PwGc
What other eventscan you add to the list?
Closest odd event that goes on here is the Dorset Knob Throwing and food festival
https://youtu.be/HhTUQe498F0
I actually went to the Gloucester Cheese Rolling event this weekend and chucked myself down the hill, didn't win a cheese though. Pictures and vids don't do the hill any justice, that sucker is steep!
https://youtu.be/HhTUQe498F0
I actually went to the Gloucester Cheese Rolling event this weekend and chucked myself down the hill, didn't win a cheese though. Pictures and vids don't do the hill any justice, that sucker is steep!
i did this a number of years ago with some of my mates from football
http://www.maldonmudrace.com/
it's a lot bigger deal now than it was when we did it. then it was just a bunch of nutters getting muddy once a year
http://www.maldonmudrace.com/
it's a lot bigger deal now than it was when we did it. then it was just a bunch of nutters getting muddy once a year
The Windlesham Pram Race.
http://pramrace.com/
If you were to get drunk in fancy-dress whilst pushing a friend in a home made pram in windlesham any other day of the year they would call the police. On Boxing day they close the roads and let you do your best/worst to make a fool of yourself.
http://pramrace.com/
If you were to get drunk in fancy-dress whilst pushing a friend in a home made pram in windlesham any other day of the year they would call the police. On Boxing day they close the roads and let you do your best/worst to make a fool of yourself.
I'm in North Yorkshire so probably loads. The first one that comes to mind is the Knaresborough bed race http://www.bedrace.co.uk/
Another one in Dorset - World Nettle Eating championship:
http://calendarcustoms.com/articles/world-stinging...
http://calendarcustoms.com/articles/world-stinging...
Couple of miles away from me;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney,_Buckinghamshir...
Next village over does this, the wierdos:
http://www.castlethorpeduckrace.co.uk/joomla25/ind...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney,_Buckinghamshir...
Next village over does this, the wierdos:
http://www.castlethorpeduckrace.co.uk/joomla25/ind...
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