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mid March Day's Lock, near Dorchester
A couple of thousand people turn up each year to watch twigs float down the Thames at Day's Lock, near Little Wittenham. In the past competitors have come from far-distant countries.

Competitors drop marked sticks into the water from the twin bridges over the Thames and see whose emerges first on the other site of the bridge.

It's free to watch, but there's a token fee for participants which goes to charities including, bizarrely, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It's organised by the  Sinodun Rotary Club.  Also see www.pooh-sticks.com