Hastings Old Town Carnival Week - Part Two!

Every year on the Tuesday of Old Town Carnival Week, is the Crown Lane Bike Race. The premise of the race is that you must ride the "Butcher's" bicycle up the incredibly steep hill, from the bottom to the top, without lifting your bum off of the seat. To make sure those behinds are firmly on the seat the whole way, you have to sit on a 10 bob note and if it isn't there at the top then you are disqualified.

One of the best events of Old Town Week... in my opinion... is the pram race. The pubs enter a team into the pram race and they have to go around each of the 22 pubs in the route having a drink in each pub, answering questions and doing forfeits... all whilst dressed up and pushing around their themed "prams".

Bugsy Malone...

Alice in Wonderland...

Greek Gods...

Banana Splits...

Rubber Ducks...

Lego...

It gets a bit of a squeeze down George Street where easily thousands of people congregate to watch the procession of prams in the narrow Old Town streets...