Get Your Cheesy Runners Ready
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Get your cheese ready, as this festival is going to be you so much laughter and joy like never before. Us Canadians have taken a liking to the famous Cheese Festival held every year in Gloucestershire, and so we thought, hey why not take a thing or two from the motherland and create our very own Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival.
The concept of cheese rolling is really quite simple, throw an 11-pound wheel of cheese down a hill, and everyone chases it like mad. The race ends with one lucky winner at this wacky festival not only getting to keep the cheese, but they also get their hands on two seasons passes to Whistler Blackcomb (where the festival is held).
The race isn’t the only thing that is having locals and tourists alike counting down the days till the race starts (August 18th), if you get the chance to check out the Cheese Rolling Festival for yourself you’ll embark on one tasty journey. Indulge in some of the finest cheese tastings, hilarious family activities; everything from cheese bowling to milking a mechanical cow, games, and unique seminars where cheese makers and cheese experts are ready to take you on a journey of all things cheese.
Past cheese winners have eaten up all their 11-pounds of cheese, and so if you’re looking to beat them at this cheesy competition, you’re going to want to practice rolling down a hill or two. Of course, the second you walk up to this festival, all you’re going to want to do is say cheese!
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