I won one of these, can't remember where that was, or when or what happened to the cheese, but i do know i won one of these, the trick is to stay on your legs and try to run it out, they will roll past you, but by the time they get up, you are at the cheese.
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, at Brockworth near Gloucester, England.[2] Participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucestercheese. It is uncertain when the tradition first began, and is possibly much older than its earliest known written attestation in 1826.[1] The event has a long tradition, held by the people of the village, but now people from a wide range of countries take part in the competition as well. The Guardian in 2013 called it a "world-famous event," with winners coming from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.[3][4]
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I won one of these, can't remember where that was, or when or what happened to the cheese, but i do know i won one of these, the trick is to stay on your legs and try to run it out, they will roll past you, but by the time they get up, you are at the cheese.
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, at Brockworth near Gloucester, England.[2] Participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. It is uncertain when the tradition first began, and is possibly much older than its earliest known written attestation in 1826.[1] The event has a long tradition, held by the people of the village, but now people from a wide range of countries take part in the competition as well. The Guardian in 2013 called it a "world-famous event," with winners coming from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.[3][4]