the classic guide

A guide to the West Country from the people that know…

Hunting the Earl of Rone

600 locals dress up as grenadiers and hunt down the evasive pimpernel on the fourth and final night of this four-day jolly. He is then mounted back to front on a donkey, paraded through the village and thrown in the sea. Who cares why.

Hunting the Earl of Rone
COMBE MARTIN
Devon

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