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Reindeer Racing World Cup

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Apr 16 2010

The remote town of Kautokeino, north of the Arctic Circle in Norway played host to the last of 7 cup races held throughout the winter season in Sápmi (the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people in N. Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia) on Easter Sunday, during the Sámi Easter festival celebrations. So, the form for the adult races: 4 heats with 4 competitors in each heat. The winner of each heat going through to the ‘A Final’, while the runners-up go through to the ‘B Final’. Comparatively speaking reindeer racing is pretty similar to horse racing, there are […]

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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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