In this centuries-old English pancake race, 'you just have to go flat out'
The tradition has been repeated not only in Olney but across England and even in the United States
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The tradition has been repeated not only in Olney but across England and even in the United States
For centuries, women in Olney, England, have run a pancake race to mark the day before the start of Lent.
OLNEY, ENGLAND (AP) — Women in matching chequered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town. They rolled their shoulders in unison, raised up on their toes and did squats before stepping to the starting line — frying pans […]
OLNEY, England (AP) — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared fo
OLNEY, England — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town. Th...