SLIDESHOW: Hastings Seaboot Race and Whelk Eating Competition

A firm favourite of carnival-goers is the Seaboot Race, which saw over 100 entrants putting their best foot forward.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Aug 2015, 09:34 BST

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The race is held in memory of Old Towner Peter Trickett, who died in 2002, and the fastest runner wearing seaboots along the length of Courthouse Street, round a lobster pot and back, is presented with Peter Trickett’s walking stick, to be held for a year.

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