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World's Biggest Liar

Tell a whopper.

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World's Biggest Liar

Lies by the fire.

Stand where it happened

What's there
Riverside inn
Legend from
Wasdale
Tone
Whimsical
CustomsTall tales

Before you go

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  • Bridge Inn, Santon Bridge
  • The pin marks the spot.
  • DateNovember

Turnips you could live in.

Every November the Bridge Inn holds the World's Biggest Liar contest in memory of Will Ritson, a Wasdale landlord famed for tall tales. Entrants have five minutes to tell their biggest lie, with no props or scripts allowed.

Sources

  1. World's Biggest Liar, Wikipedia —
  2. Looking back at World's Biggest Liar, Times and Star —

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