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Cheese Rolling at Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire, England on 29-May-2023. Twenty competitors chase a wheel of cheese down a very steep hill.

Story & MorePics: https://bryan-jones.com/2023-coopers-hill-cheese-rolling/

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2023 Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling - Out and About

Cheese Rolling has been held since time immemorial at Coopers Hill. Twenty competitors race down the hill to win the cheese.

Out and About

Never give up, even if you're out cold.

Every year, for approximately the last 600 years, the legendary "Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race" takes place in Brockworth, near Gloucester, England. Participants chase a wheel of (what else) Gloucester Cheese that is rolled down the hill. The event attracts people from all over the world.

A 19 year old Canadian woman fell and hit her head while chasing the 7 pounds of rolling cheese, rendering her unconscious. Only after she came to, did she discover that she had one the race.

Congratulations to Delaney Irving from Vancouver Island, BC.
Winner, winner.. cheese dinner?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65748124

#cheese #Uk #CoopersHill #Gloucester #England #Brockworth
Hopefully no #HeadInjury

Cheese rolling race: Hundreds compete in Coopers Hill event

Canadian Delaney Irving, who won the women's race, was knocked unconscious as she chased the cheese.

BBC News
Woman wins UK cheese rolling race despite being knocked unconscious

‘It feels great,’ said Canadian Delaney Irving, victor of the women’s race at Coopers Hill, near Gloucester

The Guardian