Gulp! Street performer Space Cowboy can swallow 24 swords in one go he tells Richard Fitzpatrick

Once known as the World Street Performance Championship, it’s now the Laya Healthcare City Spectacular. Enchanted by the show for years, Ellie O’Byrne wanted to know what road leads you to earning your living as a professional contortionist, unicyclist or iron bender.

It’s a weekend for the great outdoors with fingers crossed for fine weather and lots of events in the south-west for locals and tourists.