The winner takes the cheese


People making their way down the hill at the site of the Gloucestershire Cheese Roll. — ©️2024 The New York Times Company

“CHEESE! Cheese! Cheese!” hundreds of people chanted at the top of their lungs.

An 3.6kg wheel of Double Gloucester cheese flew down a hill. Seconds later, a cascade of two dozen people tumbled after it.

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