Ripon Pancake Race won’t be held on Shrove Tuesday next week because of covid-related problems.
The event sees children, local residents and members of the clergy race along Kirkgate tossing pancakes.
It was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to covid and there were hopes it would return this year.
But Tim Jones, treasurer of the Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels, said that covid uncertainty at the start of the year did not allow enough time for road closure applications to be processed. He said;
“Some teachers were reluctant to bring schoolchildren out so we decided not to go ahead.”
The event is staged jointly by the rotary club and Ripon Festivals, in association with Ripon Cathedral.
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