Bring back knob-throwing, snail-racing and all the rest

Well done to all those who’ve contributed to the jolly back-and-forth about Dorset knob biscuits in the Telegraph letters pages recently. Last Sunday, David Potter from Newbury noted that the annual

Dorset KnobThrowing

Festival was cancelled this year. It’s not the only event we’ve missed since the start of the pandemic. As a keen observer of eccentric

British pastimes,

I know that the World Snail Racing Championship in Norfolk has been scrapped for the past two years, along with the World Nettle Eating Championship in Dorset and last year’s Cheese Rolling competition in Gloucester. The British Lawn Mower Racing Association (a genuine organisation – Google it) also had to abandon various events last summer. Here’s hoping that the end of Covid restrictions means all our most glorious

sports can return this year.