I like lists! Here is a list of quirky British events.
1.World conker championships.
2. Cheese rolloing competition.
3.Maldon mud racing competition.
4. Up Helly Festival.
5.World bog snorkelling championships.
6.Kettlewell scarecrow festival.
7. Guy Fawkes etc.
8.Ottery St.Mary tar barrels.
9.Wittlesea straw bear festival.
10. Olney pancake race.
11.Highland games -tossing the caber
12.Morris dancing.
I am sure you can add more like the world gurning championships!
Another addition, curtesy of my bro’. The Dunmow Flitch Trials are an ancient custom in Great Dunmow, Essex, where married couples prove they have lived in perfect harmony for a year and a day to win a side of bacon. The trials involve a mock court with a judge and a jury of six maidens and six bachelors, where the couple must convince them they haven’t regretted their marriage. If they win, they receive a flitch of bacon and are paraded through the town.