A butcher in a quiet village has broken a world record - for the number of sausages made in one minute.<br /><br />Gavin Reynolds, 49, filled 83 Lincolnshire sausages and linked them together in 60 seconds to win the prestigious Guinness World Record.<br /><br />Last week he received his official certificate and said it was "quite something". <br /><br />Gavin has owned J W Baxter Butchers in Clifton, Beds for the last 24 years and his experience in sausage-making came in handy.<br /><br />The father-of-two said: "It's fantastic. It is still sinking it because I never thought I'd be a Guinness World Record holder.<br /><br />"I've been making sausages for over 30 years now and when I heard about this record, I thought I could beat it. <br /><br />"I gave it a go with a few practice rounds and when I hit 80 sausages in a minute mark, it made me think I could definitely do it - then I did."<br /><br />The video of his world record attempt shows how quickly Gavin is able to link the sausages together under time pressure.<br /><br />The butcher said he looked into the previous world record holder - Barry John Crowe from Ireland who was dubbed the 'Willy Wonka of sausages'.<br /><br />Gavin explained: "I found out there was a world record for the most amount of sausages made in one minute, from a man called Barry John Crowe in Cavan in Ireland.<br /><br />"His record was 78 and I thought I could beat this, so that was when I applied to the Guinness World Records.<br /><br />“It takes many years of practice to be able to get that quick.<br /><br />"I started from a very young age and butchery is in my blood as my grandad and dad were also butchers. <br /><br />"In a year I would say I make about 50,000 sausages.”<br /><br />The sausages must be filled and linked together to a minimum of four inches long and Gavin's 83 sausages crowned him the new record holder.<br /><br />An adjudicator would have cost Gavin £6,000 so he rallied together his own witnesses and a time keeper for his record attempt on January 17.<br /><br />He added: "I'm going to hang my certificate properly in the shop so everyone can see it.<br /><br />"We're a local butchers so it is nice to have something like this in the village."
