HEN RACING, HEN racing, I hear you say??? Yes - it's an old Derbyshire tradition, in the same vein as Toe wrestling
It was all the idea to re-introduce it to Bonsall by one of the locals, Jeff Punchard. He gave the idea to Alan, the landlord of the Barley Mow, and since then, it's flourished. there are other hen races locally, notably at a village called Ible.
This is where it all takes place, on the car park of the Barley Mow (the white building).
This is a grainy picture of Jeff, taken at night, with a mobile phone camera, sorry I don't have a better one of him. He's a damn good whistle player too, and is the life and soul of the sessions on Friday nights.
Here's Alan, the landlord of the Barley Mow.
And here's the famous tee shirt .
These are two of the younger competitors, or should I call them 'entrants'?
This was the finest hat I've seen in a long time, and do you know, they didn't eve mention it on the PA system. I thought it was really good, so I give it pride of place on my blog.
Here's Alan again, showing his hen the arena, and showing US, the audience, what a fine figure it was.
Here he is again, marking out the finish line while his hen looks on.
Let the dog see the rabbit (or, in this case, the public see the hen).
(Useless fact - did you know, a ducks quack has NO echo, and no-one knows why!).
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