{"id":3124,"date":"2014-05-21T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:44:50","slug":"coopers-hill-cheese-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/coopers-hill-cheese-rolling\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper&#8217;s Hill Cheese Rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every Spring Bank Holiday one of England&#8217;s most eccentric festivals\u00a0is held: the Cooper&#8217;s Hill Cheese Rolling. Competitors chase a round 9lb Gloucester cheese down a\u00a0hill, and the first to cross the finish line wins the cheese, which\u00a0can reach speeds of up to 70mph.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors race at the Cheese Rolling Festival, Coopers Hill \u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#666666;\">(Christian Kober\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#252525;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=cheese rolling coopers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3125 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/733-3578.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese Rolling Festival at Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/733-3578.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/733-3578-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Huge crowds and ambulance crew at the Cheese Rolling Festival\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#666666;\">(Christian Kober\/Robert Harding)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#252525;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=cheese rolling coopers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3126 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/733-3579.jpg\" alt=\"Huge crowds and ambulance crew at the Cheese Rolling Festival, Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/733-3579.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/733-3579-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See more images by Christian Kober <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=733\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Spring Bank Holiday one of England&#8217;s most eccentric festivals\u00a0is held: the Cooper&#8217;s Hill Cheese Rolling. 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