Competitors trying to control their barrel in the annual Boxing Day Barrel Race in the village of Grantchester near Cambridge.

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Pic shows competitors trying to control their barrel in the annual Boxing Day Barrel Race in the village of Grantchester near Cambridge.(Dec 26) Teams from the four local pubs compete, usually four at a time to roll the empty barrels up the main street as rapidly as possible without injuring the crowds of spectators who risk life and limb while screaming encouragement from behind a thin wall of straw bales

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Size: 4560px × 3040px
Location: GRANTCHESTER,CAMBRIDGE,UK
Photo credit: © Geoffrey Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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