Hard Cheese

A look out the window at 8am and it was immediately obvious that unless there was going to be some major change in the weather, we wouldn't be trudging up Cooper's Hill to witness the Cheee Rolling.

Some of you will be aware that it wasn't actually supposed to be happening anyway. Officially it had been cancelled for various admistrative reasons most of which are clouded and confused by rumour and conjecture to such a point that no-one really knows what's going on at all. In all honesty, that's probably for the best. (I mean that no-one knows what's going on, not that it's cancelled - that's a travesty)

It's an example of an event that is a victim of it's own success and it's own geography. 8 or 9 years ago it might have attracted 2000 visitors to the hill and all was well with that. A local tradition for local people. The year before last there were an estimated 15,000 that invaded the place and it was utter chaos as well as downright dangerous. The space that is Cooper's Hill just simply isn't large enough to cope with those numbers.  Worse still are the numbers of people that show up in cars looking for a car park, which there simply is not.

All in all, given the weather conditions and the hoo-ha, we decided to give it a miss. It was that nasty out there that you'd have to be really hardcore to stick with it...  more of a Parmesan roll, than a Double Gloucester. No doubt, when we have a really warm year, it'll be a Brie. However, in the mean time here's a few photos from recent years of the chaos which might help you understand some of the problem.
And just to round things off nicely - a couple of video's so you can see the pain inflicted on others that you've missed.

Cheese_Rolling_2008_02.AVI Watch on Posterous

Cheese_Rolling_2009.AVI Watch on Posterous
It saddens me greatly, not to have been there, as I am a real fan of the event and the traditionalism of it, but I guess this will make it all the more enjoyable next year.  There is a report and some decent photos of the 2011 version which you can read here: anorak.co.uk  Congratulations again to the living legend that is Chris Anderson. Incidentally, his sister works in the same office as Mrs G. Small world.


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