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Ashburton Bread Weighing and Ale Tasting Ceremony

For 701 years, they’ve been wearing leather breeches and sitting on a bench soaked with ale to find out if it’s adulterated or not. We hear the bread and beer are in fine fettle for this year. Join the medieval procession through this Devon village on the edge of Dartmoor, usually held in July.

Ashburton Bread Weighing and Ale Tasting Ceremony
Ashburton
BUCKFASTLEIGH
Dartmoor

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