[Nev]

BBC NEWS | England | Gloucestershire | Cheese racers in steep challenge


'nuff said.

 

[symon]

What about all of the people that jump off of Magdalene Bridge into the river Cherwell in Oxford on Mayday. They are not country folk, they are university types.

 

[GhostyDog]

The Cheese Race is widely regarded as one of the worlds most dangerous sports, people have died doing it in the past.

watch the chap in yellow

YouTube - Gloucester Cheese Race 2007

 

[Nev]

And believe me, videos and photos do not
do Cooper's Hill any justice as to how steep
and how pockmarked and uneven the surface
is.



Magdalene Bridge is closed during May 1st these days isn't it?

 

[Ronald]

... photos do not
do Cooper's Hill any justice

Absolutely. :wow:


I was shown the hill last year, it's seriously steep... and it doesn't really flatten out at the bottom, it sort of truncates at a house's boundary wall....

 

[symon]

Magdalene Bridge is closed during May 1st these days isn't it?

Yes, but many people still manage to jump. I think the drop is about 20 feet and the water is 2-3ft deep, so no wonder people get back and leg injuries.

 

[Nev]

Yes, but many people still manage to jump. I think the drop is about 20 feet and the water is 2-3ft deep, so no wonder people get back and leg injuries.

Yes amazing, isn't it?

I'm sure the all the Tim-Nice-But-Dims
have private healthcare, no?

 

[roeburndale]

How about this for more madness

Coal Carrying Championships

 

[garry-graig]

How about this for more madness

Coal Carrying Championships

Must be great fun

 

[roeburndale]

Must be great fun

See, we don't half know how to enjoy ourselves in this country

 

[symon]

What about the Scottish and the Highland games? I can't see a lot of fun running around in a skirt with no underpants in the cold, tossing your caber and cocking your leekie.

 

[roeburndale]

What about the Scottish and the Highland games? I can't see a lot of fun running around in a skirt with no underpants in the cold, tossing your caber and cocking your leekie.

Oh dear, i can hear claymores being sharpened as we speak

 

[Alfaspeed]

The Cheese Race is widely regarded as one of the worlds most dangerous sports, people have died doing it in the past.

watch the chap in yellow

YouTube - Gloucester Cheese Race 2007

That guy lived.

 

[Green_Rizla]

Maybe it'd be a good venue for "Pikey" hurling.........

Cheers To All
Peter

 

[Nev]

Maybe it'd be a good venue for "Pikey" hurling.........

Cheers To All
Peter

...

 

[GhostyDog]

Here's one that happens near me every year.

Oxenhope Straw Race

 

[Nev]

Here's one that happens near me every year.

Oxenhope Straw Race

Yes, I bet you're an avid follower:
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~ian0505/images/2006Race/straw-race-06-0224.jpg

 

[symon]

Yes, I bet you're an avid follower:
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~ian0505/images/2006Race/straw-race-06-0224.jpg

I bet it would be more interesting if it was raining.

 

[GhostyDog]

I bet it would be more interesting if it was raining.

It does sometimes but luckily the years I marshalled it it was glorious sunshine. I did however get to play in the bales of straw with a busty beauty after one of them

 

[symon]

It does sometimes but luckily the years I marshalled it it was glorious sunshine. I did however get to play in the bales of straw with a busty beauty after one of them

It would have been rude not to.