Burning tar barrels, Ottery St Mary
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Burning tar barrels, Ottery St Mary
Image: © Rob Purvis Taken: 5 Nov 2004
This quaint tradition of running through crowded streets carrying blazing wooden barrels, soaked in tar, is kept alive every bonfire night. You have to experience this to realise just how dangerous, and exciting, this really is.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.749298
Longitude
-3.278227