Three weeks ago, on Friday, pretty much the whole country was forecast to receive really bad snow.  This was the day that I and several...

Hook & Son Raw Organic Milk This article in the on-line Specialist Food Magazine about selling raw milk caught my eye. It may affect...

A very handsome looking camel, but I do not know if she is a lady camel or not Yes, really, it exists!  I was reading through a copy of...

The road at the top of my place at 11pm 25th January 2013 and the poor old cheesemobile I have lived through six winters up here and not...

To my mind, Horsegate poses several questions: firstly, did the companies selling the beef burgers containing horse meat know that this...

Our favourite milk delivery driver: Andrew from Sheep’s Milk UK I know, we always say that we never make cheese on a Friday.  This is...

My drive at 6.30am Apart from the snow we had in early December, we had our first Top of my drive at 10am January snow last Saturday,...

Was Duncan the builder from the Ribblehead. I would have taken a picture, I had my camera with me, but it didn’t quite seem the right...

Hope everyone is having a great break, not too many call outs (Brytec), not too much beer (you know who you are!) and that everyone is...

Lab test samples Neither Stu nor I do Christmas.  We are a pair of modern day humbugs.  So to that extent, it is business as usual except...

A not very artfully arranged Christmas cheese basket Where to start!  Last orders are just about over now, but we had a large number of...

A full cold room after a morning of emergency waxing It’s all go here, so a quick blog post.  Stu and I did some emergency waxing first...

Article About Us in the Fine Food Digest Nov-Dec 2012 #RibblesdaleCheeseBlog #Hawescheesemakers #twocheesemakersinHawes #IonaHill...

A very empty coldroom First thing, Stu and I surveyed the cold room.  It was extremely sad looking and a little forlorn with many empty...

Three years ago, I signed up to an MSc at Leeds University Business School in Manufacturing.  Now, three years down the road, course...

The road to/from Hawes last week #TheroadtofromHawes #whydocouncilsnotgritroadsevenwhenthereisasnowwarning

Our Yorkshire Bowlers made with our award winning Wensleydale They have been bouncing out of our little dairy like hot potatoes or...

Posted by Tom Shingler on 29/11/2012 The Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) report claims that the average portion of Cheddar...

My drive at 11pm on Sunday 2nd December 2012 Well, it looks like there might be a winner to the snow book.  It all depends on whether...

Unnecessary’ high salt levels in cheese, health group warns (www.bbc.co.uk) Large amounts of unnecessary salt are being added to cheese,...