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Let's all board the Asparagus Express

The first ever official UK National Asparagus Day

The first-ever official National Asparagus Day, marking the start of English Asparagus Season on the 23rd of April was celebrated this year with the unveiling of the Asparagus Express Steam Train.

Traditionally, the day, which also happens to be St. George’s Day, is marked by a host of festivities to honour the first-cut round of asparagus, which is then delivered to a worthy cause.

This year, the round boarded the Asparagus Express at Broadway Station, being re-opened this year by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, more than 50 years after it closed. An article on gwsr.com describes how, after a journey that included music, entertainment and an aspara-breakfast, the round was met at Cheltenham Racecourse Station by Bobby the AsparaHorse and representatives from Cotswold Riding for The Disabled Association who auctioned it off to raise money for their charity.