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Bottle Kicking & Hare Pie Scramble 2007

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Apr 11 2007

In 1770, the Rector of Hallaton was allotted a piece of land on condition that he provided two hare pies, two dozen loaves of bread and a quantity of ale, which has to be scrambled for in public. The custom still survives today, and on Easter Monday a hare pie is paraded in a procession through Hallaton Village from the Fox Inn to St. Michael’s Church. At the church gates, slices are cut up, blessed and distributed by the rector, with a little help this year from special guest Robbie Coltrane! Immediately behind the pie in the procession are 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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