Five residents went out to Bath Soft Cheese Company in Kelston on Thursday 10th May. Grateful thanks to Hugh Padfield and Ellie Watts who organised the visit and made a huge effort to arrange access for us when disabled access is difficult.
Sheila, Julie, Edward, Christine and James enjoyed the artisan cheese tasting, the ripening rooms and the cafe. Julie told the organisers about her triumphs of a triple win at the Cheese Roll in Cooper’s Hill, Gloucester in 1940’s. She explained that the cheeses had to be made of wood because of shortages and she described her winning technique.
Ellie from Bath Soft Cheese said: ” It was great to invite people who would not normally come to visit us and to reach out to this part of the community. They responded really well; we discussed how Camembert was born about the same time as Bath Soft Cheese in the early eighteenth century and there was a cross fertilisation of ideas and trade. The visit felt like a real conversation rather than just a talk.”
Michelle who organised the trip said: “We all had a brilliant time and the cheeses were marvelous!”
