Britons made the most of the bank holiday with the usual wacky sports, from traditional river football to wrestling with gravy.
Hundreds of revellers descended on a pub garden today to watch the World Gravy Wrestling Championships – with competitors taking a dip themselves.
The bizarre international competition, named as one of the world’s weirdest sports, involves 16 men and eight women battling in a gravy-soaked ring.
Around a staggering 2,000 litres of gravy are used at the annual event, which is held each year at the Rose ‘N’ Bowl pub in Rossendale, Lancashire.
Participants wearing fancy dress compete for the championship title by beating their opponent during a two-minute long wrestling match in the brown condiment.
Crowds also gathered for the traditional annual football match in the River Windrush.
The event, which takes place in the waterway in Bourton-on-the-water in Gloucestershire, sees players attempt to score goals in teams.
The long-standing tradition sees goalposts erected into the shallow waters of the river, with the two sides – who are both part of Bourton Rovers Football Club – competing in a 30-minute game.
Players were pictured getting soaked while fighting for the ball on the unconventional ‘wet’ pitch and attempting to get it into the back of the opposing side’s net.
The winning team were then seen dancing with their trophy in the water as they savoured their victory.
In Wales, the Bank Holiday was marked with the traditional World Bog Snorkelling Championships.
In this unusual contest, swimmers race to complete two consecutive lengths of a 60-yards water-filled trench cut through a peat bog.
The hilarious contest sees the daring swimmers plunge into the cold water with snorkels, diving mask and flippers.
The annual event takes place every year at the Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells.
Some competitors even wore fancy dress as they tried to finish their lengths in the fastest time possible.