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Wed, 30th May. 2007, 01:27
Cheese Rolling!

So we went to watch the insane Gloucestershire tradition of Cheese Rolling at the weekend. Many insane people throwing themselves down a near vertical hill, in pursuit of a cheese worth far less than the cost of their ensuing medical bills.

I've not really had chance to assess the stuff I took properly, but since I figured people would rather see them sooner than later, here's the first cut with just the really out of focus ones removed.

I took some photos of the main event, and for those that know him, the mighty Lee Chaos descending the hill

I was particularly impressed with the crazy Japanese comedian attempting cheeserolling as part of his TV show. He performed this in a style that only the nation that brought you Endurance and Takeshi's Castle could manage :)

Wed, 30th May. 2007 06:19 (UTC)
[info]poggs

Cheese Rolling................





Yah.

Wed, 30th May. 2007 07:09 (UTC)
[info]girfan

Those are great photos!

Wed, 30th May. 2007 07:45 (UTC)
[info]easternpromise

For some reason, I always think the cheese is about the size of half a person. I'm disappointed with the real dimensions...! :)

Wed, 30th May. 2007 07:47 (UTC)
[info]theeighth

awww! wow! looks like it was awesome fun.
Wish I'd been there, and thanks for taking and sharing the pics!!

Wed, 30th May. 2007 09:11 (UTC)
[info]jocclepossum

I love how you can't actually see any cheese :)

Wed, 30th May. 2007 10:12 (UTC)
[info]miss_squiddy

Awesome! Hope you don't mind if I link to this?

Wed, 30th May. 2007 11:12 (UTC)
[info]samoth

Sure, link away - I shall un-friends-only the post to make it a bit more useful to do so too :)

Sat, 2nd Jun. 2007 20:45 (UTC)
[info]wolfinthewood

Blimey. Er - I trust no one actually broke their neck?

Terrific pictures.

Sun, 3rd Jun. 2007 01:00 (UTC)
[info]samoth

Remarkably injury free really, I think bruises and sprains is about the lot. Advantage of it raining quite a bit the previous couple of days meant it was more slippery and squidgy than crunchy :)

Mon, 4th Jun. 2007 14:35 (UTC)
[info]sliding_loopz

country folk have some odd ways don't they? infact, there isn't much cheese rolling involved in the process either... did they eat it beforehand?