A HOT summer’s day greeted the picturesque riverside town of Wadebridge for one of its more distinctive annual traditions.

The Camel River Festival Raft Race is an event where small groups build rafts to compete in the tidal river that goes through the centre of the town.

There was an array of sights on offer for the healthy crowds who spectated the event.

It was a race which had almost everything a spectator could wish for, including the moment where the St Mabyn YFC raft capsized into the River Camel.

There were also three trophies presented by the town’s mayor with St Mabyn YFC being victorious in the fun race, Trevathan Farm winning the best dressed award and the Super Mario themed team coming first in the ‘long race’.

The ladies from Clementine Bakery on the water in a redefinition of the term 'Bake Sail' (Picture: Adrian Jasper)Wadebridge's fire fighters are never far from water in work, but their entry into the raft race took them even closer (Picture: Adrian Jasper)Disaster strikes as St Mabyn YFC's raft capsizes during the race (Picture: Adrian Jasper)St Mabyn YFC found themselves in a race with a group of swans in the Wadebridge water (Picture: Adrian Jasper)The crew from Trevathan Farm Shop and Restaurant won the prize for the best dressed crew (Picture: Adrian Jasper)Not content with trying to take Princess Peach from Mario, Bowser seizes the opportunity to swipe the trophy for the long race from Cllr Jules Metcalfe, the mayor of Wadebridge (Picture: Adrian Jasper)

The ladies from Clementine Bakery on the water in a redefinition of the term 'Bake Sail' (Picture: Adrian Jasper)

Wadebridge's fire fighters are never far from water in work, but their entry into the raft race took them even closer (Picture: Adrian Jasper)

Disaster strikes as St Mabyn YFC's raft capsizes during the race (Picture: Adrian Jasper)

St Mabyn YFC found themselves in a race with a group of swans in the Wadebridge water (Picture: Adrian Jasper)

The crew from Trevathan Farm Shop and Restaurant won the prize for the best dressed crew (Picture: Adrian Jasper)

Not content with trying to take Princess Peach from Mario, Bowser seizes the opportunity to swipe the trophy for the long race from Cllr Jules Metcalfe, the mayor of Wadebridge (Picture: Adrian Jasper)