Pillow Tours

EACH ONE AN ADVENTURE!

Cheese-Rolling at Cooper's Hill

PLUS the Tetbury Sack Races
Gloucester, England, Monday 26 May 2008
1 Day Tour - £45

The famous Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling, which involves competitors standing at the top of Coopers Hill and racing after a 7-8lb Double Gloucester cheese. The winner is the first to catch the cheese, or the first to the bottom of the hill [more].

Shin Kicking at the Cotswold 'Olimpicks'

PLUS many other 'Sports'
Cotswolds, England, Fri 30 – Sat 31 May 2008
2 Day Camping Tour - £115

"... one of the most entertaining and bizarre sporting competitions in England and many of the original events such as welly wanging (throwing), the sack race and climbing a slippery pole are still held."
- Lonely Planet England guide 2007, pg 401 [more].

World Nettle Eating Contest

AND Local Beer Festival
Dorset, England, Sat 14 – Sun 15 June 2008
2 Day Camping Tour - £115

This annual event set in the beautiful west Dorset countryside, involves hundreds of spectators watching competitors from around the world eat their way through as many stinging nettles as possible in one hour [more].

Bognor Birdman Competition

Bognor Regis, England, Sunday 6 July 2008
1 Day Coach Tour - £40

The International Bognor Birdman competition has to be seen to be believed. For two days contestants hurl themselves off Bognor pier to try and win the £30,000 prize for the furthest human powered flight over 100 meters. [more].

Running of the Tar Barrels

Ottery St Mary, England, Weds 5 – Thurs 6 Nov 2008
2 Day Coach & Hotel Tour - £155.00

The people of the UK have celebrated the anniversary of Guy Fawkes trying to blow up Parliament by making bonfires and setting off fireworks. However the people of Ottery St Mary in Devon do things a little differently, and carry large burning "Tar" barrels through their streets! [more]

Hogmanay

Details to be confirmed!
Edinburgh, Scotland, Tues 31 Dec 20008 – Fri 2 Jan 2009
4 Day Tour

Let Pillow take you to one of the best New Years celebrations in the world. The annual event in Princes Street is something everybody should experience at least once in their lifetimes! [more]

The Tours

Gloucester Cheese Rolling

Monday Bank Holiday 26 May

Shin Kicking at the 'Cotswold Olimpicks'

Friday 30 May