Wacky Race and Weird Cotswolds Tradition - Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire

And the Winner Takes the Cheese

Wacky race - Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire - Dionne Carter of Auckland New Zealand hoists her prize Double Gloucester cheese after winning the women's race in 2006, for the third time in a row.

_{Photo courtesy of Gloucestershire Tourism}

Today, besides bumps and bruises, the winner takes home a handmade Double Gloucester cheese made by Mrs. Diana Smart of Churcham. Mrs. Smart is the only person in Gloucestershire still making Double Gloucester cheeses by hand, using traditional methods.

There have been several multiple race winners. Dionne Carter, of Auckland, New Zealand, pictured here, has taken home the cheese for the women's race three years running.

Not to be confused with...

• And They're Off! The Women's Cheese-Rolling Race Begins
• Bouncing, Tumbling and Sliding Down Cooper's Hill - Chasing the Cheese
• And the Winner Takes the Cheese