Photos: Inflatables, fair fun and the Red Bull Quicksand challenge

It's a Knockout Photo Frank Leppard

It has been a busy weekend in Thanet and isle photographer Frank Leppard has been whizzing between towns to capture some of the action on camera.

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On Saturday in Margate runners took on the brutal, one-mile beach race  battling through sand – and a treacherous series of obstacles – to make it to the finish. Competitors took on trenches, rollers and whopping sandcastles.

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On Sunday, in Ramsgate crowds flocked to Ellington Park for the May fair, enjoying the dog show, classic cars, music and stalls (as well as the beer tent!).

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There was also fun as teams battled it out to take the crown as winner of Pilgrims Hospice It’s a Knockout on Government Acre.