Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling – Broken limbs incoming
From the archive: published May 28, 2009, 17 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Last Monday the annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake was held near Gloucester, England. The cheese roller tradition is more than 200 years old, som even say it’s a pagan healing ritual. You have to be pretty healing to notice the healing powers of running down a steep hill.
Traditionally the race is for the local villagers, but now people from all over the world come to Gloucester to catch and win the 8 lb. Double Gloucester cheese.
This tradition can’t be described in words. See the video below and check out the pictures of the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling.
*Warning* The video isn’t for the weak!
You can read more about the Gloucester Cheese Rolling on the official website.