No Cheese Rolling this Year

We were saddened to read the news that this year's annual cheese-rolling in Gloucestershire, England has been cancelled due to safety concerns...shocking, when you see the video from last year...after the jump.

 

 

However, it seems that organizers aren't concerned about the health of the...ahem, competitors.  They're worried about the onlookers!

"The attendance at the event has far outgrown the location where it has traditionally been held for several hundred years: last year, more than 15,000 people tried to attend, which is more than three times the capacity of the site."

Here's to the hopes that they can find an even bigger hill...

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