Cheese Rolling

Held annually on the Spring Bank Holiday, the village of Brockworth hosts one hotly contested race to which competitors travel from all over the world to participate in; the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake.
The race is 200 yards headlong down a precipitously concave grassy hill, in the mad pursuit of a 9lb Double Gloucester cheese. The cheese is given a one second headstart and can reach speeds of up to 70mph. The first person to catch the cheese or failing that, reach the finish line, wins the cheese!
Tar Barrel Rolling
Another village keen on rolling strange objects is the Devonshire village of Ottery Saint Mary, who have been rolling flaming tar barrels through their streets every 5th of November for over 400 years.
It is a unique celebration of Guy Fawkes Night, and as if rolling the fiery barrels wasn't exciting enough already, certain experienced villagers are selected to run while carrying them on their shoulders. Not an exeperience for the faint of heart!
Jack-in-the-Green
A Mad May-Day Parade, the Jack-in-the-Green festival held in Hastings is a tradition upheld by the Mad Jacks Morris Dancers. The Jack is a man covered in greenery from head to toe and leads the celebratory procession through the old town streets accompanied by the Mad Jacks Morris dancers and the Green Bogies, amongst other revelers. Culminating at West Hill, the Jack is then "slain" which supposedly releases the the spirit of summer.
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