Thursday, May 26, 2022

Scheduling Alert: Cooper's Hill 2022

 From SoGlos:

Gloucestershire’s Cooper’s Hill has played host to the traditional Cheese Rolling event since the 1800s, with thousands of spectators and daring competitors descending on Cooper’s Hill, determined to keep this world-famous tradition alive.

While the Cheese Rolling usually takes place on the late May bank holiday Monday each year, due to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, this year’s event is due to take place on Sunday 5 June 2022 instead – according to the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Roll Facebook page....

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After two years of "Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling 2021 has been cancelled" and "Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling cancelled for 2020 amid ..." the pent-up anticipation is almost unbearable: The beauty, the grace, the effortless athleticism:

 

However, should you absentmindedly show up on Monday all is not lost. 

Cooper's Hill is #6 on the SoGlos list "20 of the most romantic places to propose in Gloucestershire" while nearby Cranham Woods is one of the "14 of the best places to walk your dog in Gloucestershire.

Ordnance Survey map

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