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What’s On – Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show
Tuesday 5 August 2008, 2pm start
Competition at St Hedda’s Schoolroom, Egton Bridge, Yorkshire
The Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show is one of the very few remaining gooseberry shows left, and at over 200 years old, it’s a stalwart of the fruit shows. Growers from all over the country compete to win the prize for the heaviest berry – measured in apothecary drams and grains – across all the glorious colour categories.
Entry Free
Contact 01947 810 332
What’s On – World Flounder Tramping Championships
Saturday 2 August 2008
Competition at Glen Isle Peninsula, Palnackie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Competitors brave the mud flats of the Urr Water estuary to try to catch the heaviest flounder – or the smallest, or the largest – by walking across the mud, trapping the fish beneath their feet. They used to use leisters – three-pronged spears – but these are now disallowed, probably on healthy & safety grounds.
Entry is free. See – www.visitsouthernscotland.co.uk – for more details.
