Happy Easter everyone!
For the past 30 years, neighbours of England’s steepest street have hosted an annual Easter egg roll. Competitors gather at the top of the hill and roll their eggs to the bottom, in the hopes of winning a chocolate one.
If you want to compete, you need to bring your own egg which you can decorate any way you want. This is a great Easter activity for kids and makes finding your egg at the end a lot easier.
The roll is done in two groups, first the kids then the adults. The atmosphere definitely shifted when the adults were competing. There was a lot more tension and commentating going on. I also noticed there was no polite shyness when it came to laughing at the failures too!
Surprisingly, my egg was not a winner. After exploding on impact, what was left of it splatted into the curb scattering the remains (and my hopes of winning) across the pavement.
After a brilliant hour of rolling, the winners were declared, prizes presented and we were off to collect our losing eggs, or what was left of them anyway. It was a brilliant day and a truly unique and wonderfully simple way of celebrating Easter.
Famous for being England’s steepest street, Vale Street measures at roughly a 22° gradient incline. In icy conditions the residents have been known to chain their cars to the railings to stop them sliding away. It’s best advised to park your car (if you dare) on a perpendicular angle to the street to save it rolling down the hill.
To live on this street you must have tough legs, a good heart and a strong handbrake!
THE BLOG OF TRAVEL 
We have Steep Hill in Lincoln but no egg race.
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You should start one! 🥚
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How fun!
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Emily,
Sounds likes fun event. Just have to stay intact.
Thanks,
Gary
On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 1:08 AM THE BLOG OF TRAVEL wrote:
> Emily posted: ” Happy Easter everyone! For the past 30 years, neighbours > of England’s steepest street have hosted an annual Easter egg roll. > Competitors gather at the top of the hill and roll their eggs to the > bottom, in the hopes of winning a chocolate one. I” >
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I’ll have to spend the year practicing 😂
Hope you had a great Easter!
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hmm would you say you ended up with egg on your face??? 😀 Happy Easter!
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You’re cracking me up with these yolks Andy! Happy Easter to you too, hope you had a good one 😊
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A shame that the Banksy has gone at the bottom. Nice post.
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Agreed, if I had the opportunity to make that amount of money for something on my house, I can’t say I wouldn’t of done the same though! Thanks for reading 🙂
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Sounds great. I’ve just moved to Bristol so I’m finding out all these interesting things! I’m trying to like the post with my WordPress app but not sure if it’s working?
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Hi John, yes it’s working I have to approve messages on my end so that’s probably why you didn’t see it 😊 hope you like Bristol, it’s a great city!
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