Tuesday 8 May 2012

Jake & Elwood - Otley Stretcher Race

This charity event, held yesterday in the centre of Otley was immense fun for participants and spectators alike.  Teams of stretcher bearers carrying a patient followed a route through the town centre, stopping off at each pub along the way (and there are a lot of pubs in the centre of Otley) to down a quick drink.  It was all good fun and raised money for Cancer Research.  The team in the picture were, I think, the only family to enter the race and were being directed to the next pub by a helpful member of the public.

4 comments:

  1. Never heard of this before. Was it fun for the ones on the stretchers? Sounds like it might get progressively more dangerous with each pub.

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  2. I don't think we hace charity events like this one where I live. I hope it is effective!

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  3. Very cool image Marin, perfect in B&W.

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  4. Conor Carlisle16 May 2012 at 16:19

    thats me and my friend. for the record it isnt that fun since you have to go about 20 pubs in about 1/2 an hour to an hour, drinking 3 drinks between your group. afterwards youll have drank so much you may vomit (i almost did).

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