"I could just fancy some cheese, Gromit. What do you say? Wensleydale?"

**Whidbey78** · 24th February 11, 12:36 AM

Really beautiful countryside. If I ever get there I might not come back here!

**Oddern** · 24th February 11, 01:01 AM

Great pics John. I really like these picturesque outings to old places and countryside.
Skål!

**Downunder Kilt** · 24th February 11, 02:06 AM

Great looking day out English Bloke, I love seeing those museum displays where you get a glance into the not too distant past and memories suddenly come flooding back. Also great to see that you and your son are great mates. As for the cheese, she that must be obeyed, would be drooling for some of your locally produced ones. Cheers

**Clansmen** · 24th February 11, 08:50 AM

Thank you for sharing, despite the weather, I would imagine it was a great day for both you and your son

**starbkjrus** · 27th February 11, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

Now I have to FIND a cheesemonger.

Well after asking around and being pointed to a gourmet cheese shop in a local grocery I came home with this:

Yes, I took a picture of cheese...and it's GOOD too!

**English Bloke** · 27th February 11, 07:11 AM

Blimey! Good one Dee, nicefind! It is tasty isn't it.

**auld argonian** · 27th February 11, 08:36 AM

Tell ya what, EB...you do the Lancashire Cheese Trail and I'll do my semi-anuual Bacon Double Cheeseburger tour of Southeastern Minnesota and we can add our photo essays to the rich store of pictorial resources here.

I would very much be interested in the Cheese Trail, though...sounds like a good thing and it might help as a guide to whatever UK cheese we can find here in Chicago (or wherever in the USA). I'd imagine that. like me, most of us have heard of the famous cheeses (or those with funny names) but could use an education on the less notorious ones.

Best

AA

...by the way, recent tests have shown that, in spite of my horrible diet, I have close to perfect cholesterol levels, so bring on the fromage!

**A Hay** · 27th February 11, 08:41 AM

Thanks for the tour, John!

A local market here in southern Germany has been displaying some Irish and English Cheddars. They really taste good!.

I'll have to keep an eye out for the Wesleydale brand.

We get a lot of good Dutch and of course, German cheese over here.

It is very common to see the milk truck making its rounds, picking up between 30 and 40 gallons of fresh milk from local farmers in the area.

If you think of a cow as a grass processing machine, there are some by-products to milk production that are recycled back onto the fields to make new grass. This season of the year the farmers are mucking out their stables and applying the fertilizer on the fields. It's pretty intense the first day or two, but one gets used to it.

Good to see you again.

Tom
A_Hay!

**English Bloke** · 27th February 11, 05:41 PM

Cheers all. We had a great day and I enjoyed putting this thread together too.

Tom? I've lived in Germany and recall it's not just cow muck they spread on the fields. And yes, it is a ferocious niff indeed. Another thing is, even in the cities you never seem to be far from the fields. Ooooh I do miss Germany.