For alot of former residents Giant Bradley Day is like some sort of inbreed signal that turns itself on in the weeks leading up to it, its like the spawning signal in young salmon, you sort of get an urge to get on the motorway and point your car North East, the urge getting stronger the nearer the great day gets.

Last night I met some of my fellow Salmon from around the UK, who like me had been drawn home for the great day, no doubt more will follow over the coming days and there will be some faces I haven’t seen in a long long time, i now Headey’s heading back from Leeds on Sunday, so that’s one I can shoot the breeze with for a couple of hours.

So what events have the got planned for th big day you say and what should make me want to visit Market Weighton, well for a start they have both of the UK’s tallest men here, those being :

Neil Fingleton : 7ft 7.5ins
Chris Greener : 7ft 6.1/4ins

Then there’s always the 4 arena’s of entertainment the have lined up, there’s the Yorkshire Pudding Throwing world record attempt, there’s donkey rides, the craft show, a climbing wall, there’s the crowning of the Bradley Day King and Queen, there’s a display of Polo by the Vale of York Polo Club, there will no doubt be the usual group of teenage bands playing in the music arena, but the thing I’m looking forward to is the Pet Show as were intending of entering our dog Blue in and hoping she wins some sort of rosette.

So roll on Sunday and heres to another weekend of madness that is Giant Bradley Day 2008

Giant Bradley : 7ft 9ins