Scarecrows!

[Pierre]

So yesterday me and the fam went out to Muston (just near Scarborough) as they have a Scarecrow Festival on each year. The scarecrows are made by the residents of the village and are dotted around the whole village, in peoples houses, at roadsides, the village green e.t.c and there are some really good ones!

It was a nice day out in the sunshiinneeeeeeee!! Anyway, take a gander at them

Last of the Summer Wine

Kung-Fu Panda!

Crime Scene Investigation Muston!

Topical, although everyones sick of the phone hacking thing now...

BIG FAT Gypsy Wedding

A DOG flying a PLANE - AWESOME

Isabelle and FIFI

Dudes parachute failed and landed on a telegraph pole... OUCH!

Wallace & Gromit and the Penguin from the Wrong Trousers

These two feckers are everywhere!

Harry has escaped from the cinema to visit Muston...

The winner of the festival was TOY STRAWY

Good FREE day out haha

 

[Snoo]

lol.. well that was interesting. At least it was free.

 

[Ian]

Hahaha, I love **** like this. <3

 

[furie]

Does nobody else think:

a) The plastic faces make them more models than scarecrows?
b) scarecrows are sinister as ****?

There are a couple of these festivals around here, in backward inbred villages. You can imagine the parish council meetings "animal rape is on the rise again, we need to think of something to keep people occupied... How about making scarecrows?"

 

[Martyn]

there are some really good ones!

Did you get any photos of them? :lol:

Like Ian said, this kind of **** is funny, and enjoyable, simply because it's so ****, and kids and stuff enjoy it I'm sure.

These weird little village traditions are quite interesting though, it's like one of those things from that Rory and Paddy show on Channel 5 (which was actually quite good - for Channel 5).

 

[kimahri]

Scarecrows are evil and scary and want to consume my flesh

 

[Martyn B]

So sticking chickens next to a normal bride makes her a gypsy.... brilliant! :lol:

 

[Martyn]

I've just noticed that nearly every "piece" has a rosette... is it one of those everyone's-a-winner things, so not to disappoint anyone?

 

[Pierre]

I've just noticed that nearly every "piece" has a rosette... is it one of those everyone's-a-winner things, so not to disappoint anyone?

There was two top-tens... one from official judges and one that had bene voted on by visitors.

Given the village probably has an occupancy of about 12 I reckon only a couple of people are left broken-hearted each year.

 

[Mysterious Sue]

Has anyone ever been to the Groombridge scarecrow festival? That always puts me on edge - some really scary candidates there.
Scarecrows always remind me of reading Howl's Moving Castle as a kid and being scared ****!