BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(01 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(02 of26)
Open Image ModalJosh Shepherd from England celebrates after winning a race down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(03 of26)
Open Image ModalA group of competitors celebrate after taking part in a race down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Cheese Rolling race(04 of26)
Open Image Modal17 Year-old hairdressing student Lucy Townsend, from Brockworth, wins the Women's Downhill race for the third year running in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(05 of26)
Open Image Modal17 Year-old hairdressing student Lucy Townsend, from Brockworth, wins the Women's Downhill race for the third year running in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(06 of26)
Open Image ModalJosh Shepherd, 19, from Brockworth, celebrates winning the Men's Downhill race in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(07 of26)
Open Image ModalJosh Shepherd, 19, from Brockworth, celebrates winning the Men's Downhill race in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(08 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(09 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(10 of26)
Open Image Modal17 Year-old hairdressing student Lucy Townsend, from Brockworth, wins the Women's Downhill race for the third year running in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(11 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(12 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 26, 2013. See PA story SOCIAL Cheese. Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(13 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 26, 2013. See PA story SOCIAL Cheese. Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(14 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(15 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 26, 2013. See PA story SOCIAL Cheese. Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire (credit:PA)
Cheese Rolling race(16 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 26, 2013. See PA story SOCIAL Cheese. Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire (credit:PA)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(17 of26)
Open Image ModalSpectators watch before competitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(18 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(19 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(20 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(21 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(22 of26)
Open Image ModalCompetitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(23 of26)
Open Image ModalSpectators watch before competitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(24 of26)
Open Image ModalA competitor tumbles down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(25 of26)
Open Image ModalA competitor tumbles down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING(26 of26)
Open Image ModalRyan Fairley from England celebrates after winning a race down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)