The things people do for a wheel of cheese. Photo / Getty
The things people do for a wheel of cheese. Photo / Getty
Many of us love cheese, and some of us go to great lengths to get our hands on it.
For others, though, their love for cheese is so strong they'll throw themselves down a steep hill against hundreds of other competitors just to try and win the Cheese Rolling Festival.
Hundreds of contestants at the annual Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Festival risked and sustained injuries as they raced down a steep hill to capture cheese on Sunday.
The winner of the women's race, Flo Early, announced her retirement from cheese-chasing after spraining her ankle, while others lost teeth and one competitor was knocked out.
Competitors race down Coopers Hill during a round of Cheese Rolling. Photo / Getty
It has been held annually on the Spring Bank Holiday for years but the official competition was cancelled in 2009 due to health and safety fears after more than 15,000 people turned up to watch it.
The rebel version has continued, although a police warning in 2013 prompted the use of a lightweight foam cheese instead of the genuine wheel of cheese.
A proper wheel of cheese is awarded to the winners.