Watching part of a television programme today where the presenter was in Wensleydale in Yorkshire, visiting a dairy that made Wensleydale cheese, I was reminded of many years ago when I had a go at making Cheddar cheese.
It was when I was nursing and working in theatres, I had a friend who came from a dairy farm in Somerset. We were both lucky enough to have the same day off one week and she wanted to go home to get some jumpers. As she didn't have a car and I did, we set off to the farm which was about thirty five miles away.
When we arrived and she had got what she needed she asked if I would like to see the dairy where her parents were both working. I didn't need to be asked twice. We met her Dad in the dairy and he started to show me around while my friend was talking to her Mum. They were in the process of making cheese so they asked me if I would like to have a go to. Of course I did, after all, it's not every day an opportunity like that comes along!
Her Dad had explained the process and now her Mum showed me how to get hands on. All the time I was helping I was asking loads of questions because I like to know how everything works and by the time my visit had come to an end I had received a full personal guided tour and also tried the end product.
The day was certainly one that I will never forget and as we were leaving I thanked her Mum and Dad for such an interesting day. Her Dad told me that I could go back any time because it had been a pleasure to find someone so interested and told me that he often had students from an agricultural college who didn't show as much interest as I had.
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