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Here's a few pics from my trip to the Barwick-in-Elmet Maypole Festival. It's a lovely little village, with 3 pubs, so we started with a pint in the best of them, and then went to watch the parade.
I wondered who the ladies below were, their costumes reminded me of traditional Bulgarian costumes, but it turns out they're an unusual dance group called 400 Roses.
This is the City of Leeds Pipe Band. I do have a short video of them playing Amazing Grace, but I am currently experiencing the most frustrating of technical difficulties
(I know what you're thinking mate, but you haven't got a chance of getting up that pole!)
There were some dancers performing, but the kids wanted to see the fair, so we slipped off there via the beer-tent
As well as fairground rides for the kids, there were animals, and various stalls, but the people of Barwick like to sit on their hill, which as you might be able to see is actually the site of the original hill fort and castle.
Some little girls danced around a much smaller Maypole.
The May Queen looked very bored, poor lass, I'm sure she'd rather have been dancing around with her friends.
While the weather wasn't as bad as the forecast, there were light rain showers throughout the afternoon, and unfortunately, by 5pm, when local lad Dan was set to scale the Maypole, it was raining heavier, and the pole was soaked. Dan gave it a go, which I captured on video, but he kept sliding off the wet surface. I hope that doesn't mean that Barwick isn't cursed for the next 3 years, or anything, because me and Matt are thinking of having a pub crawl in the area
The kids had fun anyway!
I wondered who the ladies below were, their costumes reminded me of traditional Bulgarian costumes, but it turns out they're an unusual dance group called 400 Roses.
This is the City of Leeds Pipe Band. I do have a short video of them playing Amazing Grace, but I am currently experiencing the most frustrating of technical difficulties
(I know what you're thinking mate, but you haven't got a chance of getting up that pole!)
There were some dancers performing, but the kids wanted to see the fair, so we slipped off there via the beer-tent
As well as fairground rides for the kids, there were animals, and various stalls, but the people of Barwick like to sit on their hill, which as you might be able to see is actually the site of the original hill fort and castle.Some little girls danced around a much smaller Maypole.
The May Queen looked very bored, poor lass, I'm sure she'd rather have been dancing around with her friends.
While the weather wasn't as bad as the forecast, there were light rain showers throughout the afternoon, and unfortunately, by 5pm, when local lad Dan was set to scale the Maypole, it was raining heavier, and the pole was soaked. Dan gave it a go, which I captured on video, but he kept sliding off the wet surface. I hope that doesn't mean that Barwick isn't cursed for the next 3 years, or anything, because me and Matt are thinking of having a pub crawl in the area
The kids had fun anyway!
That's a great pic there 
