In the year 2020, due to the ongoing pandemic, Toxteth Day of the Dead was postponed. Since its inception in 2018, Liverpool Arts Lab have been running a ceremony to Beat the Bounds of Toxteth.

On the 23rd November 2020 a Golden Acorn was carried around the the boundary of the Royal and Ancient Toxteth Park. To comply with Covid regulations, the acorn was transported by spoon and carefully transferred from one carrier to another. Each carrier provided their own, special spoon. The circumnavigation of the ancient boundary was completed in a relay of 9 stages. It took 4 hours to traverse a distance of approximately 9.5 miles. Only two people – The Standard Bearer (Simon) and The Boundary Beater (Mandie) – completed the entire route on this day. Perhaps they are the first people to ever walk this ancient boundary?