Lester Piglet, Spongehog Porkpants and Piggy Stardust take on an annual pig racing event.
Hundreds of spectators lined the streets of a Wiltshire village to watch the likes of
Event organiser and pub landlord, Tim Finney, said: "It's grown from being a little idea on a blackboard to what we have today, seven or eight hundred people."Each year the event raises between £1,200 and £1,800 for the Prospect Hospice, Swindon and North Wiltshire Deaf Children's Society and the parish newsletter.The 12-week old pigs owned by Helen Browning's farm are prepared for the big day in advance.
A bucket of bananas and vegetables are used to encourage the pigs to trot along the course, although spectators anticipating the Usain Bolt of the pig world may have been disappointed.
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