Umm, why don’t you go to Safeway… it’s a safer way.
It takes place every year on Cooper’s Hill near Brockworth in the last weekend of May, and it sees scores of men and women hurtle 200 yards down a near vertical slope in pursuit of a seven-pound Double Gloucester cheese.
OK, I can handle doing something because it’s a tradition…
Past cheese-rolling races have not been without incident. Safety fears halted the 1998 event after the previous year’s event ended in mayhem with 18 competitors and several onlookers injured.
Wow, what’s the prize if you survive and win????
The winner gets to keep the cheese they risked life and limb to chase after. Second and third to reach bottom usually win a cash prize. Despite the dangers, many competitors come back year after year.
Quotes from this BBC article.
Only the British.
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