The sun is shining and the British countryside around us here in Pangbourne is looking particularly spectacular ? It’s been almost 4 weeks since the op and on the whole things haven’t been too bad… I’ve been using an amazing contraption called an iWalk which you kneel on and it allows you to walk around without the use of crutches. This has meant that I’ve been in the shop and working as much as possible. I’m having to rely on Ali to drive me everywhere and this has meant that occasionally it’s not been practical to get in to work but we’re getting there! The plaster cast comes off in a couple of days and then I’ve got 6 weeks in a protective boot. At least that one will be removable and so a bit more comfortable in this heat!
So what’s been going on since my last update?
The British Cheese Awards are always announced near the beginning of June and this year the Supreme Champion was a delightful little sheep’s milk cheese, Pave Coble. This cheese is made down in Somerset in one of our favourite dairies, White Lake. Pete and Roger make many of the goat’s cheeses that we stock, as well as a couple of our washed rind cheeses. One of these, Sheep Rustler, also won the Best Modern Cheese. Their cheese is always a hit with our customers and when we tried the Pave last year we couldn’t wait to get it in. I’m looking forward to going down there in a couple of weeks to see the trophies! On top of these White Lake winners, we also stock the Best Blue – Cropwell Bishop’s Beauvale – as well as the Best Cheddar – Westcombe – and the Best Packaged – Godminster.
Behind the scenes Ali and I have been working hard on a new logo and website. We’ve wanted to update ours for a while and as I’ve got a lot more free time (not spending 3 hours a day in the gym creates almost an extra day in my week!) we figured now was a good time. Hopefully that will be ready to go live in the next couple of weeks.
So all in all things here have been good, let’s just hope this fine weather continues for all the school sports days as well as Ascot, Henley, Wimbledon… We supply picnic hampers and lots of our customers have pre-ordered theirs in anticipation of outdoor dining!