Richards Castle Soap Box Race was in full flow when we attended, with Soap Box car racing, falconry displays, car displays and more. Fun for the family.
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00:00Now here we have a person who is really taking flight, and we are all over the place.
00:08Can you see that man?
00:10Can you see that little, little, little, little, little?
00:12I don't know if he's Mr. Big Nose, but it's Mr. Big.
00:15And we're amazed with him.
00:17Just, only just, that he's there.
00:30The driver is what?
00:44This is not GFG!
00:46No!
00:48I don't even know who I'm against!
00:50You're going to be in the paper now, you're going to see very clear.
01:12You're going to be in the paper now, you're going to see very clear.
01:32You're going to be in the paper now, you're going to see very clear.
01:52You're going to be in the paper now, you're going to see very clear.
02:16Hello Men's Shed, how are you gents?
02:18Oh fantastic, great day at the Soapbox Derby.
02:21Fantastic Batmobile, and a camera to rival mine there.
02:25If people don't know what Men's Shed is, what is it?
02:28It's to help men's mental health and well-being through doing DIY,
02:32make mates and have a good chat and solve the world's problems.
02:35All around tick, tick, tick, good stuff.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Great stuff, thank you lads.
02:39Thank you.
02:40How are you feeling just before you run?
02:55Good.
02:56So you've gone alright so far?
02:58Confident, yeah.
02:59Yeah?
03:00Happy with the times?
03:01I think so.
03:02You're all in one piece, so that's the start isn't it?
03:04Good lad.
03:06Dynamite boys, how are you doing?
03:28All good.
03:29How's it gone on the run so far?
03:30Oh, good practice run so far.
03:32Yeah.
03:34And he misses.
03:35Say again?
03:36And he misses.
03:37The other driver said he was a bit sideways, but we'll see how I go now.
03:41So he's been sacked.
03:43We'll see how he gets on.
04:03I'm confused, these look like more lawnmowers, but then they look like racing cars.
04:18What's going on?
04:19They're lawnmowers, just with the cutting decks taken out of them.
04:23So you do literally race them, yeah?
04:25Yeah.
04:26What's the league called, if people want to find out a bit more?
04:28West Midlands Lawnmower Racing Association.
04:31And this is Logan, and have you had a go racing it, driving it?
04:35Racing it, driving it.
04:36We've just set up for the juniors to race as well, so we're just in the progress of trying to set up for that at the moment.
04:44Yeah, great stuff.