Hello chaps!
Recently, VisitBritain sent me and Olly on a trip around Britain in order to answer the nation’s most pressing questions in the form of five short videos.
So prepare yourself for Episode One of Helen and Olly’s Great British Questions:
Where is the cheesiest place in Britain?
Here’s where we went in our pursuit of cheesiness:
• Paxton and Whitfield cheesemongers in Bath, part of a 200-year-old cheese-purveying business.
• Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, where you can take a tour of the cheese caves, ride an open-topped bus through the gorge, visit the museum of prehistoric cheese, and of course, eat a whole load of cheese.
• The Leagram Organic Dairy near Chipping, Lancashire, where you can not only buy some classic Lancastrian cheeses, but also be taught to make cheese by cheesemaker extraordinaire Bob Kitching. He can turn milk into cheese in the blink of an eye, and also has more naughty jokes about cheese than you ever imagined possible.
• The annual Stilton cheese-rolling. Get your entry forms in now to compete in the 2011 roll!
We enthusiastically recommend all those places. See below for photos of our antics; and please tune in next Tuesday for Episode Two: Film. For more VisitBritain finery, join their Facebook page.
We also owe massive thanks to Bob Smart at the Cheddar Caves, cheese enthusiast Warwick Davis, Uncle Henry’s for the cheese and treats, Tebay Services for not minding when Olly threw a pot of lime cheese everywhere, and, most of all, Tess Longfield and Rachel Aked at VisitBritain.
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July 28, 2010 at 8:48 pm |
Someone needed a fluffy mic cover to stop wind noise. Take note AMT team!
July 23, 2010 at 10:12 pm |
Fab as ever. I thought you recorded this in your June/July hols though – is it really scarf/coat/gloves weather in England or is your internal thermostat set wrong Helen?
Also, I’m glad you guys are not a couple as you look kind of like brother and sister!
July 23, 2010 at 2:23 pm |
If you start a cheese tour company, like Travelsphere, I’ll be first in the queue.
July 22, 2010 at 3:31 pm |
Honestly. When will you two (three) come to Wisconsin? Home of the cheesehead.
http://www.cheesehead.com/products.asp_Q_catid_E_6
July 20, 2010 at 8:33 pm |
Awesome stuff, very funny. Can’t wait for next week.
July 20, 2010 at 7:17 pm |
This is absolutely brilliant! Cheese is probably one of the greatest advances in the history of civilisation! I can’t wait for the next one and I’m so happy I get Helen and Olly twice a week now.
July 20, 2010 at 5:01 pm |
There was a moment when I was convinced Olly was about to say “That’s right, Raj’s Curry House – just around the corner from this cinema.”
Great fun though, looking forward to the next outing.
July 20, 2010 at 4:56 pm |
I expect to see this on the Oscar list next year in the Best Documentary category.
July 20, 2010 at 2:52 pm |
Hooray for you two! And sponsored too!(?) Great stuff!
July 20, 2010 at 2:22 pm |
Love this! Cannot wait for the next episode!
July 20, 2010 at 2:03 pm |
I’ve been to Cheddar Gorge! It’s brilliant – the caves are great.
July 20, 2010 at 1:37 pm |
I love it! Can’t wait to see the others. I actually burst out laughing at Olly chasing pigeons yelling “CHEEEEEEEESE!”