Somerset UK Great Cheese and other matters

 

The English County of Somerset  (never Somersetshire) is to the west and south of my home City of Bristol.  Somerset has lovely rolling hills, and great beaches

It's a mainly agricultural County.  It is the home of the eponymous Cheddar Cheese; and the Gorge. 


                                         Cheddar Gorge





                                                              Somerset Red Cheese

There has been a great revival of local artisanal cheeses throughout the U.K.    I was lucky enough to find one such cheese "Somerset Red"  'Tis good.

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                                 Other Stuff


                                      Austin Somerset Saloon (1954)






                                    Flooded Somerset Levels



                                                                                     See

                             https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-26080597



                                  Blackdown Hills


                                     Mendip Hills

I once worked in Somerset in the lovely village of Chew Magna. I was placed at the Westminster, (now National Westminster) Bank.





When it was the Westminster Bank






On the whole I like Somerset Cheeses more than Somerset Banks.


Of course Somerset is also famous for the Glastonbury Tor (and the Festival)





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