UK Events
Summer in the UK has many different events taking place that make for great dyas out. Below are just a few that we think you would enjoy.
River Football
Cotswold village Bourton-on-the-Water on the river Windrush. This three-metre-wide bubbling brook flows down Bourton's main street, and it's here that the annual Football in the River game takes place, and has done for over 100 years.
Local six-a-side football teams dress up in technicoloured football kits or fancy dress. Braving the cool waters, they set up goalposts under the central bridges over the Windrush and play a football game knee deep in the river!
www.bourtoninfo.com
Summer in the UK has many different events taking place that make for great dyas out. Below are just a few that we think you would enjoy.
River FootballCotswold village Bourton-on-the-Water on the river Windrush. This three-metre-wide bubbling brook flows down Bourton's main street, and it's here that the annual Football in the River game takes place, and has done for over 100 years.
Local six-a-side football teams dress up in technicoloured football kits or fancy dress. Braving the cool waters, they set up goalposts under the central bridges over the Windrush and play a football game knee deep in the river!
www.bourtoninfo.com
Egton Bridge Gooseberry ShowFor 200 years Egton Bridge in Yorkshire has been judging the heaviest gooseberry show. Did you know their are 4 classes of Gooseberry? No? Well there are.
Red gooseberries (Lord Derby); yellow ones (Woodpecker); greens (Fascination) and white ones. It's all very serious stuff and this year on the 4th August you too can see if they find another gooseberry the size of a golf ball.
www.egtongooseberryshow.org.uk
King Arthur Battle ReenactmentCamlaan is where, legend has it, that Arthur was killed by his ever loving son Mordrid. At Tintagel from the 31st july to 2nd August every year some intrepid folk re create the brutal murders just for you.
www.visitboscastleandtintagel.com
Shambala FestivalIf you go down to the woods today... you may find the Shambala festival in progress. Every year over the August bank holiday this secretive festival takes place somewhere in Northamptonshire amongst ornamental lakes, mature woodland and landscaped gardens. Your ticket will allow you to enjoy not only brilliant bands, chill-out zones, meditation centres, hot tubs and camp fires, but expect the unexpected - non-stop cabaret, freestyle gurning competitions, 1930s tea dances, knitting circles and ukulele lessons.
Festivalgoers can also enjoy film screenings and cutting-edge cabaret, learn classic tea dances, jive, swing and hula dancing in the dance workshop space, or join in the debating tavern. The kids' area includes interactive tents, giant inflatable's, a climbing wall, swing boats and Kung Fu.
www.shambalafestival.org
Norfolk Snail RacingCongham in Norfolk is the home to the annual UK snail racing event, our little garden friends fight for the title of World Snail Racing Championship. Enter your pet snail, or come to watch, for a long time.
Up to 300 snails enter the race in the hope of winning the title of the "Fastest Snail in the World". The snails race over a challenging 13-inch course, and the winner receives a silver tankard stuffed with lettuce.
It happens on Saturday 18th July this year:
www.snailracing.net
York Maize MazeMore than 1.5 million maize plants are used in the maze, which covers 30 acres. It is planted in April, grows to ten feet tall by the end of August and is mown in a different pattern each year. It claims to be the largest maize maze in the world, and is certainly high enough to confuse someone with even the best sense of direction. This year its in a new location with lots of new attractions.
Open from 18th July to start of September.
www.yorkmaze.com