Olney Pancake race| Lace making | Amazing Grace | Pub food | DJI Action 4

In this weeks episode, we visit Olney in Buckinghamshire. It is famous for the Pancake race each year, for it's Lace making history, and the Hymn Amazing Grace was composed in the town. If you have visited Olney in the past. what did you think of this lovely little town. Let us know in the comments below. Olney is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Since 1445, a pancake race has been run in the town on many Pancake Days, the day before the beginning of Lent. Tradition records that in 1445 on Shrove Tuesday, the "Shriving Bell" rang out to signal the start of the Shriving church service. On hearing the bell a local housewife, who had been busy cooking pancakes in anticipation of the beginning of Lent, ran to the church, frying pan still in hand, tossing the pancake to prevent it from burning, and dressed in her kitchen apron and headscarf. The women of Olney recreate this race every Shrove Tuesday (known in some countries as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday) by running from the market place to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, a distance of over 400 yards. The traditional prize is a kiss from the verger. In modern times, Olney competes with the town of Liberal, Kansas in the United States for the fastest time in either town to win the "International Pancake Race". There is also a children's race, run by children from the local schools. The children have to run a distance of about 20 yards. This competition has been run every year since 1950. In July 2022, following the securing of funding from MK City Council, the MK Community Foundation, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England, the town's Cowper and Newton Museum launched the "Amazing Grace 250" project to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Amazing Grace hymn, featuring a host of exhibitions and special events in Olney, the wider Milton Keynes UA, and beyond. Filmed with: DJI Action 4 DJI Pocket 3 Filmed on Sunday 11/02/24 #england #amazinggrace #pancakerun