The Dashwood Mausoleum
This week’s Curiosity of the Week is the Dashwood Mausoleum in Buckinghamshire. A hexagonal structure found on the hill in West Wycombe…
It’s no yolk, it’s the World Egg Throwing Championships 2013
Every year as part of Swaton’s Vintage Day a challenge takes place between competitors who travel from all over the world. This challenge? It’s none other than the World Egg Throwing Championships!
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It’s ready steady slow! As snails slug it out to be champion
For more than 25 years the World Snail Racing Championships have been held at Congham, near King’s Lynn, in Norfolk. The event attracts people of all ages and this year takes place on 18th August 2012…
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An A-maize-ing Maze is part of a Summer Spectacular at Willows Farm Village
Willows Farm Village in Hertfordshire has planted 200,000 maize seeds covering 19,500 square metres to create a fun maze for the Summer…
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Award your love with bacon at the Dunmow Flitch Trials
The Dunmow Flitch Trials are a unique local custom, held every four years, where couples aim to convince a court that they are devoted to one another and win a Flitch of Bacon. This year’s trials take place on 14th July 2012…
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World Pea Shooting Championships 2012
The 14th July 2012 at Witcham in Cambridgeshire sees the 42nd holding of the World Pea Shooting Championship & Village Fair on the Green…
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Georgian Picnic Party at Wrest Park
Head to Wrest Park’s Georgian Picnic Party this Jubilee weekend and celebrate with a whole host of costumed characters…
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Daring dairy dash with Stilton Cheese Rolling
This bank holiday Monday join in the madness as the village of Stilton hosts its annual Cheese Rolling event…
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Muddy madness in Essex
The Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash or wade through the riverbed of the River Blackwater, it takes place on the 29th April 2012 at Promenade Park in Essex…
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Join the jousting knights at Wrest Park
This St George’s Day step back in time and learn about England’s incredible history at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire…
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Wrest Park Easter egg trail
Take the kids to explore Wrest Park in Bedfordshire over Easter and see if you can pick up a yummy prize…
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Family fun at Framlingham
On the hunt for missing eggs at Framlingham Castle’s Easter family fun trail from 1st – 15th April 2012…
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Egg-citing Easter in Essex
Find the missing eggs around the grounds at Audley End House and Gardens between the 1st and 15th April 2012…
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Hop along to Willows Farm Village
Hop along to Willows Farm Village, St Albans, between 31st March and 15th April to enjoy its annual Easter Eggstravaganza…