| Where: | Formerly Chester, Cheshire on Eastgate (Procession start) and Bridge Street |
| When: | Formerly Shrove Tuesday |
| Time: | Formerly 11am |
There are now a few cheese-rolling events in the UK and the latest addition to their number was the short-lived one held at Chester on Shrove Tuesday. It was associated with the Food and Drink Festival which takes place over Easter and it started with a procession of local worthies bearing a whole Cheshire Cheese from Eastgate to the Cross. The rolling competition was an obstacle course and teams of four -mainly from other cheesy areas like Stilton- competed with the local Cheshire Cheese team in a relay to see who could get their truckle around the barriers (straw bales and themed artworks)in the fastest time. There were several heats of pairs of rival teams before the final and the winner received a trophy and of course the glory of being champion cheeserollers. Pancake races followed later in the day.
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If you hear that this event gets revived please let me know!
Spectators should be in no danger from flying cheese, as this is not a steep course like Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire. Expect a large crowd and stalls selling (yes, you’ve guessed!) cheese and more.
Click here for the festival website : http://www.chesterfoodanddrink.co.uk/
Photo by Lucia Mejuto.
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My name is Haf, I am competing in the cheese race and cannot wait to win! I reckon my rolling skillz are sick because I, myself indeed roll. Mainly due to being clinically obese and round. But hey, still fun.
Last year (2016) the competition didnt go as planned for me, as I fell down the stairs of the walls. This really hurt my back and now I have to stand up during my school exams, that’s also due to by extra chromosome.
Really looking forward to the 2018 competition, as I’m suspended from the 2017 for streaking, apparently people in chester dont want to see my lovely fat tits in public.
Anyway, to the next cheese race!