Boxing Day Barrel Rolling Race in the village of Grantchester near Cambridge.

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Pic shows the annual Boxing Day Barrel Race in the village of Grantchester near Cambridge. 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: 3673px × 2449px
Location: Grantchester near Cambridge. UK
Photo credit: © Geoffrey Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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