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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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  • 2Acorn Bank 10k race
  • 3Coniston 14 road race
  • 4Hoad Hill Harriers Christmas 10K & 1 Mile Fun Run
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  • 6Altra 13 Valleys Ultra
  • 7Hospice at Home Raceday
  • 8Montbell UK Lake to Fell
  • 9Cartmel Race Days
  • 10Lakes in a Day
  • 11Grasmere Sports
  • 12Maverick Lake District X-Trail
  • 13Cumbrian Cracker
  • 14Weatherby's Graduation Chase Raceday
  • 15Apex Everest
  • 16Buttermere Swimble Wild Swim
  • 17Andersons Flat Season Finale
  • 18Christmas Community Raceday
  • 19Colin Parker Raceday
  • 20Taste the Lakes
  • 21St John's Hospice Corporate Sports Day
  • 22Chillswim Windermere 11 Miles End to End
  • 23Boomin Bingo
  • 24Dark Sky Canoeing - Coniston Water
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