I've won the World Stone Skimming Championships 5 times
Competition is always fierce, but it’s also exciting, joyful and celebratory.
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Competition is always fierce, but it’s also exciting, joyful and celebratory.
I am here in the Lake District to learn a skill which has long eluded me - and yet seems to come naturally to many of my friends and children: skimming stones.
The World Stone Skimming Championships have returned to Easdale after a three year break, sparked by covid
Each year hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country take part in the strangest of events, from eating stinging nettles, to snorkeling in a bog and to parading as Vikings.
Hundreds were raised for a charity which supports people impacted by terminal illnesses.