Competitors chase a Double Gloucester Cheese down the steep gradient of Cooper's Hill in pouring rain during the annual Bank

• Contributor: WENN Rights Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
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• Dimensions: 3104 x 3000 px | 26.3 x 25.4 cm | 10.3 x 10 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 26 May 2008
• Photographer: WENN

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Competitors chase a Double Gloucester Cheese down the steep gradient of Cooper's Hill in pouring rain during the annual Bank Holiday tradition of cheese-rolling in Brockworth. Thousands of spectators gathered to watch an international field compete in a race to win the cheese down the 200m slope - which has a 1:1 gradient in parts. The series of races is said to date back hundreds of years. Gloucestershire, England - 26.05.08 /Samir Hussein