15-02-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Tickets Alert: Attend the Quadrennial Dunmow Flitch Trials

Every fourth year, for hundreds of years, a “trial” has taken place to judge if married couples are happy, and if they are, they can claim a huge slab of bacon.
This is the Dunmow Flitch Trials, of ancient, if admittedly, somewhat dubious heritage.The trial takes place whenever there’s a Leap Year, but the last trial took place just two years ago after being delayed by that damned thing, so they reset the clock as 2024 is also a Leap Year.
It’s actually a light-hearted En
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