| The Cheese Rolling Festival: not very hard to | | | | participants to reach the cheese and grab it. |
| understand. Go up a hill, roll a block of cheese | | | | Whoever grabs the cheese wins the event. |
| shaped like a wheel downhill, and ask people to go | | | | However, this can be a little bit difficult since the |
| after it. This is a very simple festival. | | | | cheese can go as fast as 70 miles per hour. Plus |
| This festival is also over 200 years old. The | | | | the chasers will not usually have control of their |
| people of Gloucester, Great Britain have been | | | | speed and their direction because of the steep |
| celebrating this for a very long time. If they can't | | | | slope and the uneven terrain. During this downhill |
| use cheese to roll down the hill, they make | | | | run, some participants are injured. Sprained ankles |
| wooden cheese. This happened during the Second | | | | are common. Broken bone injuries were recorded. |
| World War. It wasn't prudent for them to be | | | | Another way of winning this event is to get to |
| using real cheese when the towns all around them | | | | the finish line down the slope first. So, either catch |
| were having cheese shortage. | | | | the cheese or get to the finish line first. |
| As mentioned before, this Cheese Rolling Festival | | | | Participants are asked to wear proper attire. |
| is very simple. But this can be very dangerous. | | | | People should not wear open-toed shoes. Rubber |
| The actual cheese rolling event happens on a hill | | | | shoes or running shoes are recommended. |
| just outside Gloucester. The hill will be colorfully | | | | Sandals, flip flops or any other open-toed shoes |
| decorated. There'll be British flags here and there. | | | | are not allowed. Some participants go home with |
| A roller starts the event by throwing the round | | | | torn shoes, so if you wish to participate, bring an |
| cheese down a slope, and then participants will run | | | | extra pair of shoes. |
| after it. The original objective is for the | | | | |