Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake

Looking for the ultimate adrenaline rush? Forget bungee jumping, that's for big girly wimps. Throw yourself down a hill without a harness in sight and try out cheese rolling.

This health and safety nightmare has been a tradition for the last two hundred years. From the top of a hill a round of double Gloucester cheese is rolled, the contestants then fling themselves after it in a bid to catch it. Seeing as the cheese reaches up to speeds of 70 mph, it's a speedy race to the bottom.

Winner gets the cheese, and a good smattering of bruises.

What: Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
When: Last weekend of May
Where: Gloucestershire
www.cheese-rolling.co.uk