| Where: | Palnackie, Dumfries & Galloway in the water off the Glen Isle Peninsula |
| When: | Formerly Last Saturday in July then late August/early September (but not every year and currently lapsed as far as I know!) |
| Time: | Formerly At Low Tide. |
The Flounder is a flat fish inhabiting the waters of the Solway Firth and Trampers attempt to catch it by walking barefoot in the water – the technique involves standing on the fish then pulling it from the depths by hand. Prizes were awarded for the best specimens caught and two- to three-hundred Trampers took part each time. The art is an ancient one and the competition dates from the early 1970s but has currently lapsed.
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The event was cancelled for health and safety reasons in 2013 but returned in 2014, though the date had shifted to August/September (from July). In 2015 it was on Saturday 5th September – in 2016 it took a rest and I can find no evidence that it has taken place since then. If you know any different please get in touch!
Palnackie is a small settlement in the parish of Buittle near Castle Douglas.
Click here for the local pub’s Facebook page which has details of the event: https://www.facebook.com/TheGlenisleInn2013?fref=ts
Hello! The flounder tramping championships were called off last year (2013) due to health and safety regulations. However the 2014 championships were held on the 23rd of August at Palnackie and were a huge success with hundreds of entries. There seems to be no reason why the championships won’t continue on for years to come!!
Many thanks for the update- that’s good news! Another one for the “to-do” list…
Best wishes,
Averil
I don’t see any reason this can’t happen providing the participants social distance…should be easy enough to comply
Hi Carol,
Covid isn’t the reason that the competition stopped – the last time it was held was 2015 (you must have missed that info on the article) and I haven’t heard of any plans for it to start up again, though it might get a revival some day!
Averil