James Bamber & Sally Raynes provide an indispensable guide to the UK`s most absurd, bizarre & even foolhardy
- but curiously British
- `sports` imaginable. From Cheshire`s World Worm-Charming Championships to the cricket match played on a sand bank in the Solent every year, there`s a rarely-spoken-of British tradition of holding very strange contests & weird world championships in which getting muddy, sick & a little upset are not mere side effects but positively celebrated. Welcome to the wacky nation... James & Sally present 50 of the oddest contests you`d never imagined existed. With a strong practical, get-involved-if-you-dare streak, ” Wacky Nation” charts these unusual days out, with ratings for Spectator Fun, Pain Factor, Training Required, Chance of Becoming World Champion & more. There are tips on winning or simply remaining unscathed, based on the intrepid authors` own experiences, alongside numerous absurdly comic anecdotes. Keen to chase a Double Gloucester down a hill? Desperate to learn the fine arts of skiting & gurning? Harbour a strong desire to hold the World Nettle-Eating title? Wacky Nation is here to help.A sports-book-gone-wrong fortified with a strong dose of Monty Phython, ” Wacky Nation” is both the potential start of some oddly British family fun & a sneak armchair look into the twisted world of bizarre British life.