article_snippet.sent: The Cotswolds Olimpicks can be dated back to 1612 after being started by local barrister Robert Dover .
article_snippet.sent: See the eccentric Cotswolds .
article_snippet.sent: For English eccentricity at English very finest, head to The Cotswolds Olimpicks.
article_snippet.sent: Started by a local barrister, Captain Robert Dover,
article_snippet.sent: the world’s inaugural
article_snippet.sent: ‘Olimpick Games’ were staged on a Cotswold hillside in 1612.
article_snippet.sent: attracts thousands of spectators as ‘athletes’ take part in obstacle courses and tugs-of-war, as well as the extremely peculiar sport of shin-kicking.
highlights_snippet.sent: Or take part in one of the oldest competitive sporting events in the UK .
  