The mythical goat boy of Seething Wells led a barmy parade to remind people to be more neighbourly at the Seething Festival.

More than 500 people took to the streets to celebrate Lefi Ganderson’s defeat of the giant Thamas Deeton, at the third Seething Festival on Sunday.

As leap years are special in the legend of Lefi, the festival goers performed a community play to challenge people to use the extra day to do something special for others.

There was music from the Green Rock River Band, while Ale Voice Choir led the parade featuring cheese makers, talcum miners and taxonomists in a community singsong.

The day filled with music and whacky fun was rounded off by the singing of the Ganderson National Anthem Lefi G, sung to the tune of the Beatles song Let It Be.

Event organiser Robin Hutchinson, who is also the brains behind Ski Sunday, Homage de Fromage and The British Bread Golf Open, said: "This was without doubt the best Seething Festival and procession in living memory.

"It was wonderful to see so many people taking part in their fancy dress, masks and joining the ancient Guilds.

"I do hope as many people as possible now join with us for the Seething Freshwater Sardine Festival on Sunday, April 22."

The Surrey Comet is teaming up with the whacky community group to encourage people to do something special on February the 29th.

Send your ideas to news@surreycomet.co.uk or lefithegoatboy@yahoo.co.uk and we will feature the best ones in next week’s paper.

We also want you to tweet us @surreycomet using the hashtag #lefi with your ideas on what our reporter can do to spread the extra day cheer.