This really is miscellaneous; Sweet cheese. Or to be more precise Wensleydale Cranberry Cheese, which for some reason I have fallen in love with. It is made at the cheese factory in Hayes, in North Yorkshire. So it is the latest love in my life.
We have two cheese shops in Tod, run by the same family, one in the market and the other down town (don't start singing Petulia Clarke's Down Town). The other cheese I picked up at the market was organic brie (a decent brie at last) manufactured up in the hills between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. It is called Pextenement Farm, a very strange name you can find it here.
We are a cheese family, raclette cheese melted onto new potatoes with pickles is a favourite, alongside fondue, all very Swiss. When you are nine tenths vegetarian cheese is a must for protein.
The weekend is quiet, Karen and Andrew are off to Sheffield to watch documentaries at the Docfest. Another event happening up North, that you will not hear much about. Then Lillie back on Sunday.
I let the Solstice pass yesterday without comment, though I did wonder about where people were celebrating it. Stonehenge of course with all the ramadazzle of neodruids playing their part in welcoming the longest day of summer. And what a fine dry summer it has been up to now.
The video from Stonehenge of the actual time yesterday when people gathered to watch the sun come up through the stones, is not very good. English Heritage do apologise for the camera work but if you start at about 12.44 inside the video you will see a gentle picture of people just being with stones, nature and other people such a change from war talk!
Where would I have been had I the choice? Maybe Stanton Drew Stone circles or Stoney Littleton long barrow, but my heart is there for the moment anyway.
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| Stanton Drew stone circles. Wiki entry. By Rodw - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, |
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| Stoney Littleton Long barrow. Wiki entry - Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). |
i am sure stoodley pike would have made a decent alternative to stonehenge on solstice day......
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about Stoodley Pike's masculine appearance;) ? The other half of the human race would prefer a female symbol. Interesting is the thought where would the shadow of the sun fall and where would it be pointing on any time of the day. Think the gnomon on sun dials.
DeleteIt's just another day to me. It's getting very warm here so I'm staying inside more... Hope you are staying cool, too!
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