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The BLMRA British Grand Prix (lawnmowing!)

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Oct 08 2007

Adrenalin junkies gathered this weekend to fire up their lawnmowers for the last time this season for the British Grand Prix at the Bat and Ball Pub in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.

At first sight, watching screaming, back-firing and almost-out-of-control lawnmowers zooming round the lawn at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour may seem a little mad, but it seems like a much better alternative to me than staying at home to cut the grass!

Founded in 1973, the The British Lawn Mower Racing Association (BLMRA) still sticks to its origins as a non-profit making organisation (any profits are given to charities or good causes) while providing well organised and inexpensive motor sport with a strong social atmosphere.

 

 

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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