内容摘要：The exclusion zone markers run from the Walsall lock flight to lock flights at Rushall/Ryders Green in the borough, and Perry Barr in Birmingham.

The exclusion zone markers run from the Walsall lock flight to lock flights at Rushall/Ryders Green in the borough, and Perry Barr in Birmingham.

Spectators and participants from around the world will descend on Coopers Hill on 26 May to watch all the action unfold.The long standing tradition includes competitors throwing themselves down Coopers Hill, which has a 1:2 gradient, after a wheel of Double Gloucester.

The cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph, with the first runner to catch it or cross the line at the bottom being crowned the winner.The unusual event has been celebrated for centuries and is thought to have its roots in a heathen festival to mark the return of spring.The winner of each race gets to keep the Double Gloucester cheese wheel.

The races begin at 12:00 BST, starting with the first men's downhill competition.Races are then scheduled to take place every 15 minutes, with the under-11s uphill going second, the second men's downhill going third and the over-12s uphill going fourth.

The fifth race, the women's downhill, is set for 13:00, with the adult mixed uphill following at 13:15.

The last race, the third men's downhill, is expected to take place at 13:30."I was amazed how many people came up to me and admitted they'd had their struggles too," she said.

"Help is out there, I didn't know where to go but that's why I'm now so passionate about saying there are people who will listen."Ben Leyland, 30, who farms near Belford in Northumberland, said his mental health began to deteriorate when he was 18 and "stemmed from a few things", among them the death of his father from cancer.

"Long summers sitting in a tractor, not talking to anyone else, just being in your own head, and it's not a good space to be."When you experience it for the first time, you don't know what's going on, and you don't want to reach out because you just feel like a bit of a burden."