Stilton

All the competitors are served with beer or port wine, the traditional accompaniment for Stilton cheese.

Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones).

In the Stilton Cheese RollingCompetition, competitors on each team must roll a wooden cheese in their own lane.

May Day is a traditional day for celebrations, but the 2, 000 english villagers of stilton must be the only people in the world who include cheese rolling in their annual plans.

The chief prize for the stilton cheese rolling competition is beer or port wine.