November 28, 2011
London: Shrove Tuesday Pancake Races
Main event is at Spitafileds Mkt – other events around the country. Start training for Shrove Tuesday and join in the Great Spitalfields Pancake Race. All you need to do is gather a team of four people suitably dressed up (or down) to enter in the relay race. Bring your own frying pan and the organisers will provide the pancakes. The goal is to walk as fast as possible toward the finish line while flipping pancakes, which sounds easier than it really is. The race will be run along Dray Walk at The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. The heats will start at 12.30 p.m. followed by the finals and the awards ceremony. The winners will receive a beautifully engraved – you’ve guessed it – frying pan! The best dressed team will also receive a prize. And there will be prizes for runners up and scrumptious pancakes for all entrants.
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