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    Traditional Sports

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Traditional Sports

From horse leaping and pipe-smoking to open-air wrestling and sheep shows, the choice of peculiar sports is remarkable – and in some cases, very old: the Egremont Crab Fair has been running since 1267, while the sport of hound trailing began in the middle of the 18th century. Test your fell running fitness at the annual Grasmere Gallop, or try some ghyll scrambling. Get down and dirty with a bout of Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestling, held at local shows throughout the summer months. Most of Cumbria’s traditional sports are rooted firmly in the countryside, and are designed to celebrate the changing seasons and a host of agricultural pursuits. Although that doesn’t explain why there should be a competition to crown the world’s biggest liar or who can pull the best face…
 

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Christmas Activities at Wordsworth Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria
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Mother's Day Afternoon Tea at the Borrowdale Hotel in Borrowdale, Lake District
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New Year's Eve Party at the Borrowdale Hotel in Borrowdale, Lake District
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Guided Tour of Citadel Railway Station in Carlisle, Cumbria
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Mother's Day Sunday Lunch at the Borrowdale Hotel in Borrowdale, Lake District
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  • 2Mini Golf Cumberland Edition - Exhibition
  • 3Christmas Activities at Wordsworth Grasmere
  • 4Maverick Adidas Terrex X-Series Lake District 2024
  • 5Taste Cumbria Christmas
  • 6Run Yoga
  • 7Mother's Day Afternoon Tea at the Borrowdale Hotel
  • 8New Year's Eve Party at the Borrowdale Hotel
  • 9Moon Runner
  • 10Christmas Pudding 10K
  • 11Christmas at Townend
  • 12Learning through the Natural World
  • 13Guided Tour of Citadel Railway Station
  • 14Lakeland 50 & 100
  • 15The Light District: Crown and Coronation
  • 16New Years Day Dip at Fell Foot
  • 17Mother's Day Sunday Lunch at the Borrowdale Hotel
  • 18Romanticism and Science: The Case of Sir Humphry Davy
  • 19Lakeland Paws Canicross Series
  • 20Dark Skies Adventure Walk
  • 21Coniston 14 Road Race
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