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Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China
Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals.
Some of Sellafield's most sensitive activities such as moving radioactive waste, monitoring for leaks and checking for fires may have been compromised.
The UK's most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China.
The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consistently covered up by senior staff at the vast nuclear waste and decommissioning site, the investigation has found.
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, a multi-function nuclear site (primarily nuclear waste processing, storage and nuclear decommissioning). Nuclear power generation took place at Sellafield between 1956 and 2003. Seascale, Cumbria.
30/11/23
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Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China
Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals.
Some of Sellafield's most sensitive activities such as moving radioactive waste, monitoring for leaks and checking for fires may have been compromised.
The UK's most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China.
The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consistently covered up by senior staff at the vast nuclear waste and decommissioning site, the investigation has found.
Sellafield nuclear site with the town of Seascale in the foreground. Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a multi-function nuclear site (primarily nuclear waste processing, storage and nuclear decommissioning). Nuclear power generation took place at Sellafield between 1956 and 2003. Seascale, Cumbria.
30/11/23
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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