Risky business When rural revelry goes wrong

Cheese rolling At Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, near Gloucester. Chase a wheel of cheese down the steep slope. Roots in festival celebrating return of spring. Banned in 2010 as participants can break ribs and get knocked out. Unofficial race continues. Tar Barrelling Running through Ottery St Mary, Devon, with burning barrels of tar on shoulders. Began in 17th century after the Gunpowder Plot. People have been burned while taking part. ’Obby ’Oss Costumes that look like horses are worn by residents of Padstow, Cornwall, with dancers and drummers. A woman died after a “horse” hit her in 2019.