Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival

Kettlewell, Yorkshire Dales, England is a nice and quiet village situated just in the perfect place, at the junction of the main and the river valleys. Its’ name come from the Anglo Saxon Cetel Wella which means a bubbling spring or stream.

Every year since 1994 at August's second week there takes place a funny, interesting and entertaining tradition that consists on setting scarecrows in every corner or open space around the village, even the most unexpected places get taken by this singularly interesting fake people. They can be seen doing different human activities such as fishing, drinking, resting and even riding a bike, among others.

This all started as a fund raising event for the local school and even when they expected the support of just a third of the fathers, they were considered by whole community and in the first year there were more than a hundred scarecrows all over the village.

The event has been growing year after year. Since 1998 it has been organized with the benefit of St. Mary's Parish Church and Kettlewell Village Hall so now it has become a remarkable tradition among villagers whose every year get prepared to receive the visitors by making amazing scarecrows, preparing delicious food and organizing parking and traffic

Sources:-http://www.kettlewellscarecrowfestival.co.uk/
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