The Way Out West - A Blog about Pembrokeshire life, as written by an idiot

About Me

Hi, we're cheese makers!

We run a small cheese making enterprise, called Pantmawr Cheeses, on the slopes of the Preseli Hills.

This is our blog.

On this site you can learn all about what it takes to make you our brilliant cheese. If you would like to buy some of our cheeses, or learn more about the types we make, please visit our main website here.
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Silage Making

27 July 2010
The grass has been mowed and the weather is miserable.
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July

23 July 2010

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My horse is for Sale anyone interested get in touch with me.She is a I.D X 14yr old 16.2hds.Not a Novice ride.

Royal Visit

01 July 2010

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David and I went to Tenby on the 30th June to meet Prince Charles and Camilla.

Fathers Day/Grandads Day

25 June 2010

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David enjoying his two grandchildren on fathers day. We had a lovely day with all the family.

Visitors

20 June 2010

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We have had a local choir visit us this week,they had a talk on the cheese making and tasters and then a tour of the cheese making premises.

Summer Days

23 May 2010
Red Kite

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Summer days are here the cukoo is sing her song and these Majestic birds are flying all around.

David enjoying himself.

30 April 2010

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It was Talia's 6th birthday and David wanted a go in the bouncy castle.

One Week On

29 April 2010

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The Arrival

21 April 2010
Proud Parents
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Our new grand daughter Olivia Meggie has arrived on 17th of April

The Next big event

10 April 2010

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Jason's wife Sarah is expecting any day, this will be our 2nd grandchild.

The end of March

31 March 2010
March goes out like a lion. We have had snow here to-day, sheep and lambs are in the shed instead of out grazing and skipping in the spring sunshine. Oh when will this winter end.

Lambs

12 March 2010
These are a bit wiser.
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12 March 2010
As Promised some pictures of lambs, but thisone is rather confused as it seems to think the dog is its  mother, 
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March

03 March 2010
March comes in with the start to Lambing, The weather is good as it is dry,but there is no grass to turn the sheep out onto. It is a busy time of year, with the lambing and getting ready for the season with the cheese makeing. As soon as I have a few pictures of lambs I will put them on.

Our other enterprise Wood Processing

19 February 2010
The start apile of wood
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19 February 2010
The second stage
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19 February 2010
The cutting and chopping of the wood
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19 February 2010
The finished product
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Garage Update

17 February 2010

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Here is the news we have been waiting for the garage is finished although the car is still parked outside, as we need to move the building rubbish out.

The Thaw

15 January 2010

The first picture is from inside the second is from outside.

 


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A small avalanche of snow hit us in the thaw no damage to the house just to the shed.

15 January 2010
Avalanche

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Wednesday 13th Jan Snow In Our Lane

13 January 2010

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Snow

07 January 2010

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Very pretty but not very convieniant for business.

Happy New Year

28 December 2009
All Of us at Pant Mawr Cheeses would like to thank our customers for their support through 2009 and wish them a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Its almost Christmas

20 December 2009

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We at Pant Mawr Cheeses would like to wish all Our Customers and readers a very Merry Christmas.

The Day we Went to Meet the Chelsea Pensioners

09 December 2009

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Christmas Specials

13 November 2009

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Go to our web page to get your 10% discount through out November on your Christmas orders.

Christmas Selections

06 November 2009
A selection of platters and one hamper there are three available.
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Christmas is comeing and I have to think of hampers for the Web page here is a selection I have done so Far.

Our Holiday

31 October 2009
The Eden Project from the top looking down, this photo was taken on the way out.
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We had a lovely holiday and we got to see the Eden Project and found the lost Garden's of Heligan.We also visited a cider farm, an Owl sanctuary, went on a big wheel in weston Super Mare and visited lots of different villages in Cornwall. It was nice to get away but also nice to get Home.

Garage Progress

28 October 2009
It may be finished before the winter sets in.
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Holiday Time

17 October 2009
David and i are going on holiday we are going to Cornwall and hope to see the Eden project.

French Student Visit

28 September 2009
This is the group of students that visited us.
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We had a visit from some french students. David showed them around the cheese making room and then they sampled some of the cheeses.

14 September 2009

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14 September 2009
Dismantling the old Garage
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September

11 September 2009
The sun starts to shine the children have gone back to school. We start to do other work besides cheese makeing like dismantleing the garage only a few months behind schdule.

Wedding Day Thanks

31 August 2009
Wallace and Gromit supervised it carefully as you can see from the pics...most of all 6 cheeses went...and the rest didn't last the weekend! :)
You have a great product and service, keep up the good work! :)
Kate and Denys

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Wedding Day Thanks

31 August 2009

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We recieved this message and these pictures from a grateful customer. Hi Cynthia, We had a hog roast, homemade cakes and lots of your cheese for our wedding evening do in May and the cheese was a hit! Wallace and Gromit supervised it carefully as you can see from the pics...most of all 6 cheeses went...and the rest didn't last the weekend! :) You have a great product and service, keep up the good work! :) Kate and Denys

CHEESE

09 August 2009
Caws Cerwyn ready for sale
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Thought it about time I went back to some cheese pictures.

Narberth Carnival

02 August 2009
This is the Float.
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02 August 2009
This is the group. Jason is in the front row.
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Jason and Sarah and a few of their friends took part in Narberth Carnival.Their float was Thriller by Michael Jackson.

Royal Welsh Show

27 July 2009
Another photo of Merlin this time
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DONT FORGET OUR MIDSUMMER MADNESS OFFER IS STILL ON GET 10% DISCOUNT IF YOU SAY YOU SEEN THIS ON OUR BLOG WHEN YOU VISIT THE FARM

Royal Welsh Show

27 July 2009
Didn't take many photo's in the Royal Welsh but this is one of the Robot Titan.
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We all went to the Royal Welsh show David and I were on a stand there and Jason went around to see the show, he said he saw more of the show this year than ever before, a sign of getting older and wiser perhaps.

July

18 July 2009
Just  a picture to show that we are not going to be flooded this year
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Well we are half way through July and waiting for some nice weather to do the Silage. We are off to the Royal Welsh Show on Tuesday and will be on the cheeses from Wales stand in the Dairy marquee L649.

Midsummer Madness

28 June 2009
David and I decided to take an afternoon off Yesterday and visit one of Pembrokeshires Beauty spots Bosherston Lily Ponds and weren't disappointed here is one of the many photo's I snapped whilst there.
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If you read this message and come to the farm to buy cheese ask for your Midsummer Madness Discount as mentioned on our Blog Page.

Shearing

25 June 2009
Before and After
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The Day The Sheep Lost Their Wool

24 June 2009
To-day was a busy day, besides putting the cheese orders together for the customers it was also shearing day. Jason and David got the sheep in and rolled the wool whilst Mark ans Islwyn sheared the sheep. I did the cheese and got the lunch. 
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Tesco Cheese Challange

12 June 2009
Jason Being Presented with Certificates.
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We didn't win. David and Jason had a lovely day up in the presentation at the Bluebird Resturant, London.The three cheeses that got through to the final were Caws Cerwyn, Oak Smoked Cerwyn and Mature Cerwyn.

Flaming June

02 June 2009
June has arrived and the first few days have been Flaming hot, but I am not complaining. Most farms are busy on the silage but we are an upland farm so we don't get our grass untill later in the year so won't be on silage untill end July begining of August. We have been busy getting ready for the Summer by making lots of cheese and had a fairly busy easter and whitsun. Now we are awaiting orders from the web page for Fathers Day 22nd June.

Competition

29 May 2009
We have just heard that three of our cheeses are through to the final of the tesco cheese challenge. Will let everyone know if we win in about a weeks time. Weather starting to get warmer are we going to have a lovely summer or not that is the Question?

May

12 May 2009
The weather is lovely,David and Jason are up the field chopping up some wood.I am in the house catching up with paper work and trying to shake of my cold. I almost lost my voice on the last night's performance of the Haunting of Harold. The performance went well a pity the audience wasn't bigger.

04 May 2009
Which one is me?

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Another week passed us by, I have been busy practising for my performance on the stage at Clarbeston Road Memorial Hall, in The Haunting of Harold on May 7th-9th. 7-30pm

Day In London

28 April 2009
The London Marathon on Tower Bridge.
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David and I went to London to see the Welsh Male Voice Choir in the Albert Hall on Sat 25th April and then we did the tourist bit on Sunday and took a bus trip around London and saw some of the Marothon.

Birthday Party

20 April 2009
Our grand daughters 5th Birthday party held on Sunday 19th April, the weather was gorgeous. 
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Grand National Day

04 April 2009
This last week I have been feeling unwell, but am now on the mend good job we didn't need to make cheese last week. To-day was grand national day my horse came in third, all the others I bet on either fell or weren't mentioned right through the race.

Still Cleaning Down

27 March 2009
Jason washing up.
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Cleaning down

27 March 2009
David Washing Tank after makeing the cheese, a womans work is never done 
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Farming

22 March 2009
This week looks like a farming week David is chain harrowing today, and then in the week he or Jason will be rolling a busy time of the year to keep the land looking tidy.

Mart day

18 March 2009
The Wood Processor
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David has had a good week so far, two days of playing with his wood processor and now a day in Crymych mart selling the old sheep.

Spring Has Sprung

15 March 2009
It must be spring as David is talking about spreading fertilizer. The sheep have almost finished lambing and yes the sun is shining today anyway.

13 March 2009

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13 March 2009
Turning the Cheese
Turning Chesses to get a nice smooth side top and bottom
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Lambing

11 March 2009
Oh well we have had a busy time with the lambing, we have had quite a lot of lambs, but have had a lot die aswell, they say lambs are born to die. We have eleven mollie lambs at present hopefully that will be all we have. Will put some more cheese making pictures up soon.

18 February 2009

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18 February 2009

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Back to the work draining the curds and filing the molds

18 February 2009

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11 February 2009

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Some fun in the snow on our fields

03 February 2009

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The Next Step In Cheese Making

03 February 2009
Cutting the Curds

Seperating the Curds and Whey


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Award Winners

28 January 2009
The Awards Winners
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Unfortunatly we didn't win the Countryside Alliance awards,but one of our customers did LLwynhelyg Farm Shop.

15 January 2009
The last few drops
The Last few drops
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15 January 2009
The First drop of milk
The first flush of milk
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A New Year

15 January 2009
Milk Delivery
This is the LLaeth Cymreig lorry about to pump of the milk for our first batch of cheese in 2009.
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Thought we best show some pictures of actual cheese making.

05 January 2009
Christmas Has Been and Passed and we would like to Thank All who Bought our Cheese Through 2008 and hope to supply you in 2009. Happy New Year

Christmas

14 December 2008
Merry Christmas
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All at Pant Mawr Cheeses would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and A Happy Healthy New Year.

True Taste Wales Awards

07 November 2008
We had a lovely time in The Vale Hotel at the True Taste Wales Awards. A delightfull meal followed by the presentations when we had Reserve Winner for our Mature cheese. The music and entertainment went on late into the night.

Tomorrow is D-day

05 November 2008
Chesses matureing

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November the 6th is the day we find out which prize we have won at the Wales True Taste

News Flash

07 October 2008
Cheese Cake
A Wedding cheese cake on display at the British Cheese Festival in Cardiff Castle
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Pant Mawr Chesses are sponsoring the cheese at Narberth RFC's Cheese and Wine evening on the 10th October. Be there for a taste. Contact Ann at Narberth RFC for more details 01834860462

Quarry Pond

24 September 2008
Our Area
This is Quarry pond a man made water hole which supplied the village with their water. It is in the middle of the Slate Quarry. The Quarry's claim to fame is the slates on St Margarets Chapel by the houses of parliment came from here. 
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Awards

22 September 2008
We are up for an award at the True Taste Wales.Also up for one at the Countryside Alliance. If you would like to vote for us go to www.countrysidealliancewards.co.uk. more news to follow

Our first blog post!

19 September 2008
Cwm Cerwyn
Welcome to your blog! This is our first post.

Here is a picture of the path leading up to Foel Cwmcerwyn, the tallest peak in Pembrokeshire and the closest to our farm.
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