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.
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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.