Lawnmower racing was invented in 1973 in The Cricketers Arms pub in Wisborough Green in West Sussex, England, UK, by a group of young men bemoaning the prohibitive costs of getting involved in any kind of motorsport.
The Hermitage of San Colombano is located in Italy between Vivenza and Rovereto. It was built in 1319 and named after the Irish Saint: Colombano in Italian and Colomban in English, who founded the nearby monastery of Bobbio.