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The British Open Crabbing Championship

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Aug 02 2010

There were over 900 entries in the 30th British Open Crabbing Championship held in Walberswick on Sunday. Using a single line and bait of your choice (bacon being strangely popular), the person landing the single heaviest crab during the 90 minutes of competition wins… wins a trophy, medal and £50. It cost just £1 to enter with buckets, baits and lines on sale for those who didn’t come prepared, no nets or hooks allowed. For crab rights activists, don’t worry, as all these crabs were safely returned to the water after weighing, though somewhere they aren’t so lucky as everyone […]

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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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