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The Knutsford Great Race 2010

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Sep 14 2010

Only held once every 10 years this is a totally unique event. Featuring Original Dandy Horse Machines, Bone-Shakers and Penny Farthing Cycles dating from the middle of the 19th Century, and with riders from all over the world entering, there is nothing else quite like it. The Main event being a gruelling 3 hour Penny Farthing Race around Knutsford Moor. Consisting of up to 50 teams, whether a solo rider or a combined team of up to 4 riders, the winning rider/team is the one that completes the most complete circuits of the one kilometer circuit. Yet again Jim Brailsford […]

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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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