I was in Bristol today for a BristolCon committee meeting. Naturally I took time out to do some shopping as well, and that inevitably involved a trip to Trethowan’s Dairy in St. Nicholas Market. I picked up some of their fabulous Gorwydd Caerphilly, but I also spotted something different. It was a hard ball cheese called Danegeld that looks European but is actually made in Somerset from Jersey milk. It is another product of Jamie Montgomery, he of the world-famous cheddar. The cheese won a silver medal in the Best Newcomer category of the World Cheese Awards last year. I’m looking forward to trying it.

Outside the Watershed I found young man selling British-made chorizo. It comes from a company called The Bath Pig. I got some with the chorizo made into a scotch egg, a fascinating innovation that I thought worked very well.