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World Pea Throwing Championships

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Oct 11 2010

It was postponed for a week due to the lovely British Summer, but happily the sun shone yesterday for the 12th annual World Pea Throwing Championships, held at the Lewes Arms pub in Lewes. About 40 competitors entered into three categories, for the mens, ladies and children’s titles, each with 3 attempts. Practically impossible to see where the pea first lands, the distance recorded is to where the perfectly intact vegetable finally rests. Pea spotters hunt it out amongst the debris of the defrosted squashed peas that have gone before. Some are never found, thought to have landed on the […]

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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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