The Annual Cheese Wheel Race Took Place In the UK Monday!
Jack and Jill rolled down the hill to catch a wheel of cheddar!
Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: Cheese rolling.
Thousands of spectators turned out to watch the reckless racers chase a 7-pound, 3 kg wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a hill!
The race took place near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England. The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese in each race gets to keep it.
This race has been happening since 1826, but the sport of cheese-rolling is believed to be older.
The rough-and-tumble event often comes with safety concerns. Few competitors manage to stay on their feet all the way down the 200-yard (180 meter) hill.
This year’s hill was especially slippery and muddy after recent rain. Members of a local rugby club lined up at the bottom to catch the tumbling competitors.
