13 minutes | Wednesday, 22 May 2024
In this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, presenter Pete Egerton builds up to the Great Knaresborough Bed Race.
Held on the second Saturday in June, this annual event has been taking place since 1966.
It regularly attracts between 20,000 and 30,000 visitors to the town of knaresborough and sees a fantastic pageant of decorated beds parade along the high street.
Then it's down to business! The runners and a "bed" passenger tackle a tough 2.4 mile route, that concludes with a dip in the river Nidd...