By Erica
Besides cheese, there's another (Madison) Wisconsin tradition that I love: festivals. Apparently, these two favorite pastimes of mine coexist in Gloucestershire, England.
In the Spring, the town gathers at Cooper's Hill for the annual Cheese-Rolling festival, which is exactly what you would imagine: a wheel of cheese is rolled down the steep hill, and the first person to catch the cheese and cross the finish line is the winner.
As popular as it is strange, the Cheese-Rolling festival had to be canceled this year because the organizers were concerned that the events growing number of spectators would be too much to handle. Maybe we'll start our own Cheese-Rolling festival here in Madison. Anyone know any good hills?
Original source: Time Magazine's Top Ten Quirky Local Festivals (Thanks, N.C.!)
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