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BBC News
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Gloucestershire in pictures: Cheese roll prizes and countryside
The cheese rolling races may be fading in the memory but their legacy lives on in Ariel Dempsey (above) was finally awarded the Double Gloucester wheel she won in the uphill race, after the prize went another winner on the day donated her prize to a good cause that helps the weather has been that good old English mix of sunshine and showers, but that hasn't prevented some lovely sights in this beautiful county of ours. Delightful daisies: We're always blown away by the small, beautiful hidden corners of Gloucestershire. This photo in particular was a favourite for us this week as it seems the perfect place for a picnic in Edge. Oh come all ye faithful: A familiar sight on matchdays, Gloucester fans heading to Kingsholm. This photo was taken as they made their way to the stadium for the final time this season. Wheelie thoughtful: A wheel of Double Gloucester won in the annual traditional cheese rolling races is to be served up to rough sleepers in north London. Ava Sender Logan, 20, managed to bag the 7lb (3kg) cheese in the women's race at Brockworth. Borderlands: The Wye Valley can be a beautiful place to be on a sunny day, with multiple hikes mapped out through the forests and fields on either side of the river. Dinosaurs take over Gloucester: Luckily, they're just statues... Dino-ROAR weekend is a chance to take a look at these dinosaurs up, close and personally in the centre of the city. Soak up the sun: Whenever and wherever you can! We love this photo captured by our weather watcher 'Santa Susie' which shows off Berkeley in the most beautiful light.
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Gloucestershire cheese-rolling champion finally gets prize
A PhD student who made a last-minute decision to take part in a cheese-rolling competition has finally been given her missing edible Dempsey was at a meeting with her supervisor in Oxford when she realised that, if she left at that moment, she could arrive at Cooper's Hill in time for the women's downhill Gloucestershire cheese-rolling Dempsey then also competed in the uphill race, only to win but not be awarded her cheese, as it had been left in a volunteer's Wakeman, master of ceremonies, presented Ms Dempsey with her cheese on Monday, a week after her win. The centuries-old event sees competitors chase 7lb (3kg) Double Gloucester wheels down Cooper's Hill near Dempsey, who is from the US state of Michigan, arrived at the hill as the women's downhill race started and threw her belongings to a 33-year-old said it was "joyful" to run down Cooper's Hill, but she then faced the prospect of collecting her belongings."They called an uphill race and I decided that might be a good way to get up the hill fast and, sure enough, I won it," she her prize could not be found, some initially suspected the cheese had been stolen. All was later revealed when the wheel was discovered in a volunteer's fridge. Jem Wakeman has been explaining the rules to competitors and starting the races as master of ceremonies for more than 10 about this year's event, he said: "It was very good to watch from the top - there's been lots of facepalms and some good fliers."Everyone does it at their own risk. I've done it myself and been injured, it's part and parcel of the game."Two people had to be taken to hospital from this year's event, which took place on 26 races are labelled "unsafe" by the local authority and are classed as an extreme sport.
