Mr D and I have just got back from a morning out at one of our longest-running and much-loved local events.
Very close to the village of Lightwater, where I live is another village called Windlesham, and they have an annual event, every Boxing Day morning; the Windlesham Pram Race. It started life 50 years ago as a bit of drunken revelry and has, over the years, morphed into the biggest officially organised annual charity fundraising event in either of our villages.
I've been very bad at supporting the pram race over the last couple of years, so this year Mr D and I were determined to get ourselves over to Windlesham to watch the shenanigans and cheer on the participants again.
The basic premise of the pram race is a number of teams in fancy dress pushing a themed pram (or similar unpowered vehicle) over a course of approximately two miles around the village. Of course, being a British event, it also involves alcohol - lots pf alcohol, and there are five pub stops along the two mile course.
Yes, as you can imagine, it's not a very serious event!!!
So, here are a few pictures from this morning's race:
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