Not bad, I am steadily emptying my kitchen over the next few days, as in about a week’s time I am getting the position of my living room/kitchen door moved prepartaory to having new kitchen units put in. That’s going to take up most of my holiday allocation for this year, so I can’t see me getting down to God’s own country until September at the earliest.

I’ve just been to the posh cheese shop up Highbury Hill… …don’t worry the Midlands connection is coming, patience – patience… My local district sorting office got demolished for the new stadium – it seems the PO didn’t notice they were surrounded by cranes for over half-a-year and didn’t get their act together and so we have to go up the ‘hill’ to a temporary shack in the car park of the next door district sorting office. Anyway, the bright side is the nearby parade boasts ~ La Fromagerie ~ run by a couple from SW France. There you select from the wooden shelves in the cold room from some 200 or more hand made cheeses from France, Italy and a few local British and Irish cheeses too. They are properly watched and matured at the correct temperature though the prices are eye-watering, however, the depth of flavour is just amazing from the best of them; I usually take a big selection down to the family at xmas where they are appreciated.

This week I tried a Midlands cheese called Berkswell which is a hard unpasteurised sheeps cheese. It is particularly wonderful with a rich, deep, nutty flavour, and I recommend you Midlanders look out for it. However it was more than double the price of the Bleu d’Auverne that I got at the same time which in turn was quite a lot more than a typical supermarket cheese but nevertheless worth every penny.

(see ~ I got there in the end )

I’ve just been to the posh cheese shop up Highbury Hill… …don’t worry the Midlands connection is coming, patience – patience… My local district sorting office got demolished for the new stadium – it seems the PO didn’t notice they were surrounded by cranes for over half-a-year and didn’t get their act together and so we have to go up the ‘hill’ to a temporary shack in the car park of the next door district sorting office. Anyway, the bright side is the nearby parade boasts ~ La Fromagerie ~ run by a couple from SW France. There you select from the wooden shelves in the cold room from some 200 or more hand made cheeses from France, Italy and a few local British and Irish cheeses too. They are properly watched and matured at the correct temperature though the prices are eye-watering, however, the depth of flavour is just amazing from the best of them; I usually take a big selection down to the family at xmas where they are appreciated.

This week I tried a Midlands cheese called Berkswell which is a hard unpasteurised sheeps cheese. It is particularly wonderful with a rich, deep, nutty flavour, and I recommend you Midlanders look out for it. However it was more than double the price of the Bleu d’Auverne that I got at the same time which in turn was quite a lot more than a typical supermarket cheese but nevertheless worth every penny.

(see ~ I got there in the end )

I’ve just been to the posh cheese shop up Highbury Hill… …don’t worry the Midlands connection is coming, patience – patience… My local district sorting office got demolished for the new stadium – it seems the PO didn’t notice they were surrounded by cranes for over half-a-year and didn’t get their act together and so we have to go up the ‘hill’ to a temporary shack in the car park of the next door district sorting office. Anyway, the bright side is the nearby parade boasts ~ La Fromagerie ~ run by a couple from SW France. There you select from the wooden shelves in the cold room from some 200 or more hand made cheeses from France, Italy and a few local British and Irish cheeses too. They are properly watched and matured at the correct temperature though the prices are eye-watering, however, the depth of flavour is just amazing from the best of them; I usually take a big selection down to the family at xmas where they are appreciated.

This week I tried a Midlands cheese called Berkswell which is a hard unpasteurised sheeps cheese. It is particularly wonderful with a rich, deep, nutty flavour, and I recommend you Midlanders look out for it. However it was more than double the price of the Bleu d’Auverne that I got at the same time which in turn was quite a lot more than a typical supermarket cheese but nevertheless worth every penny.

(see ~ I got there in the end )

I’ve just been to the posh cheese shop up Highbury Hill… …don’t worry the Midlands connection is coming, patience – patience… My local district sorting office got demolished for the new stadium – it seems the PO didn’t notice they were surrounded by cranes for over half-a-year and didn’t get their act together and so we have to go up the ‘hill’ to a temporary shack in the car park of the next door district sorting office. Anyway, the bright side is the nearby parade boasts ~ La Fromagerie ~ run by a couple from SW France. There you select from the wooden shelves in the cold room from some 200 or more hand made cheeses from France, Italy and a few local British and Irish cheeses too. They are properly watched and matured at the correct temperature though the prices are eye-watering, however, the depth of flavour is just amazing from the best of them; I usually take a big selection down to the family at xmas where they are appreciated.

This week I tried a Midlands cheese called Berkswell which is a hard unpasteurised sheeps cheese. It is particularly wonderful with a rich, deep, nutty flavour, and I recommend you Midlanders look out for it. However it was more than double the price of the Bleu d’Auverne that I got at the same time which in turn was quite a lot more than a typical supermarket cheese but nevertheless worth every penny.

(see ~ I got there in the end )

No it doesn’t personally Fil, I’ve been happily married for nearly 30 years, but I simply don’t think it’s any big deal if couples are opposite sex or same sex. I take everyone as I find them: there are people I like and people I don’t take to, but it doesn’t depend on whether they are straight, gay, white, black, or orange with green spots.

No it doesn’t personally Fil, I’ve been happily married for nearly 30 years, but I simply don’t think it’s any big deal if couples are opposite sex or same sex. I take everyone as I find them: there are people I like and people I don’t take to, but it doesn’t depend on whether they are straight, gay, white, black, or orange with green spots.

No it doesn’t personally Fil, I’ve been happily married for nearly 30 years, but I simply don’t think it’s any big deal if couples are opposite sex or same sex. I take everyone as I find them: there are people I like and people I don’t take to, but it doesn’t depend on whether they are straight, gay, white, black, or orange with green spots.

No it doesn’t personally Fil, I’ve been happily married for nearly 30 years, but I simply don’t think it’s any big deal if couples are opposite sex or same sex. I take everyone as I find them: there are people I like and people I don’t take to, but it doesn’t depend on whether they are straight, gay, white, black, or orange with green spots.

For anybody from Bristol, I’ve now got my articles from Bristol Magazine online at Bristol Past. New ones will go online after the print issue. There’s an article on Acton Court in the June issue, so that will go online next month. Then I’m planning a piece on Bristol Bridge for the August issue._________________