Big Rick - Video from the annual Coopers Hill cheese rolling competition. Its an England thing. I think also a beer thing. Evidently you chase wheels of cheese down a hill. Some guy won. He doesnt like cheese. ---- Cheese rolling facts Coopers Hill has an incline gradient of 1-in-2 in some places and 1-in-1 in others Food rationing was introduced in 1941 so a wooden ‘cheese’ was used until 1954. The cheeses used today are Double Gloucesters weighing 7 – 8lb. The highest injury toll in recent years was 1997. 33 were injured, resulting in the cancellation of the 1998 event. more itv/news/west/2014-05-26/thousands-gather-for-cheese-rolling-in-gloucestershire/ vimeo/96499645
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 23:35:00 +0000
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