Robert Dover’s Olimpick Games is an annual sporting event that takes place on Dover’s Hill over Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds. First started in 1612 by Robert Dover, the games include such peculiar sports as Shin Kicking, Ski-ing Racing and Bale of Hay racing. Other festivities include Morris Dancing, the Scuttlebrook Wake and a variety of traditional folk music from across the centuries.
20 notes, January 10, 2012