article_snippet: A wheel of cheese speeds away from A wheel of cheese speeds away from its chasers on the steep slope of Cooper's Hill near Brockworth chasers on the steep slope of Cooper's Hill near Brockworth .
article_snippet: CHEESE-ROLLING RACE: BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE .
article_snippet: Every year a wheel of cheese is rolled down the steep slope of Cooper's Hill on the outskirts of the village of Brockworth and is followed by a bunch of people risking life and limb to catch a wheel of cheese.
article_snippet: Given the cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph, the chase is a futile expedition but a spectacularly bizarre spectacle for onlookers who come from all over the world to compete or watch.
article_snippet: While The local council origin is disputed, rolling down the Gloucestershire hill after a wheel of cheese dates back as far as the 15th century and has been much the same since.
article_snippet: Although in recent years the local cheese supplier was told not to offer up the customary wheel of Double Gloucester but authorities, a Dutch equivalent stepped in.