Cheese Rolling - such a benign sounding term actually has more than meets the eye.... When a friend of mine told me he was gonna watch cheese-rolling, i taught it was a way of making cheese! Well, apparently not.

From the top of the hill a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled, and competitors race down the hill after it. The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. In theory, competitors are aiming to catch the cheese, but since it has a one second head start and can reach speeds up to 70 mph (enough to knock over and injure a spectator as it did in 1997), this rarely occurs.[ie. the cheese reaches the bottom of the hill before competitors reach it]

Reference: Wikipedia

Well, if you need more information, and pictures, I'd suggest checking out http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/ or the Youtube video:

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