Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes
 

Sat 16th June in South Cheshire, Usually have 3 - 4 engines. All are welcome. Those that have been recon it's a good day out. The event starts at 1:00pm and pie rolling starts around 3ish. Both pubs are open this year and at least one of 'em is holding a beer festival.

Sounds fun ! where is the event held ?.

Cheers

Tez

It is a good event. Plenty going on. I posted some pics last year. The fig pie rolling is a bit of English eccentricity that's worth preserving.

It clashes with a few other events but there's 2 days in a weekend so we will be there.

Where/what is the event held at David !.

We don't have anything on that weekend as we have not booked every weekend like before for this year...so could be a good day out !.


Cheers

Tez

The event is held at in the village of Wybunbury (Pronounced Winbury). The village has a leaning church tower, just the tower remains. There are two pubs. If you want to enter the fig pie rolling I believe you need to buy a recipe and get an entry form. The pies are solid, about 8 inch diameter. Contestants take turns to roll the pie down a hill and the one which travels the greatest distance is the winner. Some of the Shropshire lads turn up and partake of the local waters and you can climb to the top of the tower and watch Morris Dancers frolic on the lawn. It's a bit like a May Day with pies. It's somewhere between the A500 and the A51, near to Nantwich. If you put 'Wybunbury Fig Pie' in your search box on the PC, you will turn up some information.

couple of pictures from a wet year.

http://www.steamscenes.org.uk//ttu/00005679.jpg
http://www.steamscenes.org.uk//ttu/00005682.jpg
http://www.steamscenes.org.uk//ttu/00005687.jpg

James

The hill is steeper than it looks, I remember the back wheel of the penny starting to rise up one year, not a good sign........

is Mr Boesings newly purchased mangle making an appearance?

Sounds like a very eccentric do..............but then it is in the right area. ;)

Was that going uphill or downhill Dave ?. :p


Cheers

Tez