SCOTLAND’S first wife-carrying race will be under starters orders tomorrow – when partners aim to be crowned the fastest couple in the land.
The new participation sport has been imported from Finland, where extreme competitors tackle a sand-filled obstacle course and swimming pool.
But Scottish organisers stress the inaugural event will be more fun than the Finnish one as it’s unveiled as part of the annual Scottish Coal Carrying Championship in Kelty, Fife
Chief Features Writer MATT BENDORIS joined a training session with staff and locals from Kelty’s The Kings bar to find what it takes to race with your trouble and strife.
THE first thing I ask my new wife is how much she weighs – normally a surefire way of ending up on the Siberia side of the bed.