BBC — About 3,000 people converged on Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire for the annual spring bank holiday cheese-rolling event.

Dozens of competitors chased the 7-8lb Double Gloucester down the steep slope, which is 200m long and has a 1:1 gradient in places.

Jason Crowther, from west Wales, won the first race to complete a hat-trick of victories over the last three years.

The 25-year-old said: “There’s no training you can do for this.”

He added: “It was a bit slippery and I heard something crack, which I think was my knee.

“But there aren’t any tactics involved, as you can probably see.”

Aaron Walden, 20, from Gloucester, also won for the third time - beating a man dressed in a nappy to the bottom of the hill.

cates: i don’t understand why the english have a reputation for being eccentric. i think it’s totally unjustified.

jay: omg, what is the story with your island of eccentrics? how do your personal injury lawyers let events like this continue?

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