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The Haxey Hood

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Jan 08 2014

Monday saw the parish of Haxey, in North Lincolnshire, play their traditional annual game of The Haxey Hood. Most easily likened to a game of rugby but with unlimited participants, few rules and plenty of drinking in the lead up to, during and after the game, whilst trying to make it to the pub of each man’s choice. The ‘Sway Hood’ – a long leather tube – is slowly driven by a huge unorganised scrum of anyone who’s brave enough, to 1 of 4 pubs, either in Haxey or Westwoodside, where it remains until the following year. It’s one of […]

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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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