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Slindon Pumpkin Festival

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Nov 01 2013

For one month of the year the sleepy West Sussex village of Slindon, near Arundel, celebrates pumpkin growing on a massive scale. Each October, tourists (in coach loads) from around the world time their holidays to coincide with the village’s annual festivities. The man behind it was the late Ralph Upton, a market gardener who was given the title ‘King of the Pumpkin World’. He grew pumpkins on his six-acre plot for over 40 years, planting approximately 15,000 seeds each Spring to produce an organic harvest of more than 50 varieties, not to mention over 30 varieties of squash! In […]

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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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