Precision barrow-flying: "like the Red Arrows, but slower and lower"
August 28, 2024 1:55 AM Subscribe
Precision wheelbarrowing from the Hassocks Red Barrows (video, 2 min). And a three-part video from 2009, one (8 min), two (5 min) and three (7 min). Short article about one of the Red Barrows groups in the Suffolk News. Interview (5 minutes) on Radio Devon. The retirement of the Suffolk group.
Previously in a comment by fearfulsymmetry.
Previously in a comment by fearfulsymmetry.
The retirement of the Suffolk group
Once your nerve goes, what have you got left?
posted by biffa at 3:01 AM on August 28 [2 favorites]
Once your nerve goes, what have you got left?
posted by biffa at 3:01 AM on August 28 [2 favorites]
I think you mean
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
beside the smoke effects
and that paper banner
they break through
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:38 AM on August 28 [6 favorites]
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
next to another
red wheel
barrow
beside the smoke effects
and that paper banner
they break through
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:38 AM on August 28 [6 favorites]
Top Gumboot
posted by flabdablet at 4:59 AM on August 28 [2 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 4:59 AM on August 28 [2 favorites]
That is incredibly silly. Which is actually the heart and soul of a parade, so I approve.
What came to my mind was “gee, those older guys are trotting along briskly for quite a while … in what looks like pretty hot clothes.—and they still look happy” So, like many sportsball events, it’s probably harder than it looks (and equally meaningful!).
A good video to go with morning coffee. Thanks.
posted by Gilgamesh's Chauffeur at 5:11 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]
What came to my mind was “gee, those older guys are trotting along briskly for quite a while … in what looks like pretty hot clothes.—and they still look happy” So, like many sportsball events, it’s probably harder than it looks (and equally meaningful!).
A good video to go with morning coffee. Thanks.
posted by Gilgamesh's Chauffeur at 5:11 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]
This is a delightful eccentricity.
The original Gnats that the Red Arrows flew weren't much bigger than wheelbarrows. Okay, I mean, yes, of course they're bigger, but if you get to see one up close, they're surprisingly tiny for a jet aircraft
posted by scruss at 5:29 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]
The original Gnats that the Red Arrows flew weren't much bigger than wheelbarrows. Okay, I mean, yes, of course they're bigger, but if you get to see one up close, they're surprisingly tiny for a jet aircraft
posted by scruss at 5:29 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]
Note that we also race with red wheelbarrows in California. Studebaker wheelbarrows.
posted by Rash at 9:05 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]
posted by Rash at 9:05 AM on August 28 [1 favorite]
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upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
posted by chavenet at 2:39 AM on August 28 [3 favorites]