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  • Whey to go: cheese rollers defy weather

    05/26/2008 2:51:13 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 231+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 5/26/08 | AFP
    GLOUCESTER, England (AFP) - Fearless thrill-seekers on Monday flipped, slipped, somersaulted and tumbled down a suicidally steep slope in western England to try to catch a giant runaway circle of cheese. The cheese rolling event at Coopers Hill is one of Britain's more unusual annual events and is not for the faint-hearted but it was made even more perilous this year by torrential rain that turned the course into a mudbath. Organisers claimed the downpours that lashed much of southern Britain over the weekend made the vertiginous slope softer underfoot but more than 30 first aid volunteers were kept busy...