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Some of you may have never been to a post office on a Saturday when one or more people are posting their ebay parcels and you wait yonks. Just one of those things. I'm more concerned about the speed of the Royal Mail. I may start a thread on this!

Really interesting debate - thanks for posting.

If you're going British, Marks and Sparks do a fantastic Cornish Cruncher Cheddar (get the three year old if it's on offer) and a Stilton/Stichelton which are wrapped in something more like wax paper. I'm pretty sure they used to do a Stinking Bishop which had minimal plastic wrapping, as well.

Thanks to everybody for the responses. Agree that £50-60 is somewhat excessive so supermarket is likely to be the route we take.

If you can track down the owners of the now defunct Heritage Cheese in the village, there could be some stock-clearance bargains if you don't mind your cheese a little pre-nibbled.

They were a garage before Dell Autos took over.

We used Oriental Star regularly. We were also disappointed when they closed and we haven't yet found anywhere as good.. The shop is too small to operate as an eat in cafe which is probably why sweet dreams didn't last long.

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Borough market has good cheese

So you want non-supermarket, artisan cheese, for 20 adults. Decent cheese from a cheesemonger will cost at least £25 a kg (probably more), so allowing 100g each that's 2kg so expect to pay £50-£60. Good luck finding anything cheaper that isn't from a supermarket.

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Yeah I am not sure why @DulvilleRes has played this hand - it seems a little odd. Why? 1. People, quite rightly, flagged that the carbon footprint of paving slabs shipped from India seems at odds with an active travel intervention aiming to reduce pollution. 2. Someone posted that Dulwich Square was hazardous to cyclists as many cyclists had been falling on a potentially slippery surface. 3. Some tried to suggest this was due to bad conditions everywhere and deflect from the potential issue within the Square. Someone even tried to insinuate it was a false post due to a user name that looks like a Twitter troll. 4. Other users (probably with less suspicious user names - in some people's minds) backed up the comments and thanked those local residents who helped other cyclists avoid the same pitfalls. 5. I was trying to understand which part of the Square was slippery as the pedestrian crossing slabs have a much smoother top surface and often look very damp with water sitting on top of them and I can imagine that if it is icy and your front wheel hits that you will lose grip. No-one was able to confirm which part was problematic. 6. @malumbu deemed the slippery surface worthy of joking about. One presumes they were not one of those who fell or got hurt. The joke seemed poorly timed. Now @DulvilleRes you seem to be suggesting the slipperiness of the sandstone used on the Square was a consideration during the selection process. Do you have inside knowledge? Most of us are concerned there might be a problem that is putting cyclists at risk in certain conditions. You seem much less concerned about that and seem more concerned to suggest that this concern is an attempt to attack the council.

Don't be ridiculous. I made a facetious comment aimed at people who are always complaining about the LTN. Rockets chose to interpret it another way (no further comment) and now you have just followed what he said. I commented with empathy on the slippery road thread having had my own falls in the past.

Mons, at the other end of LL, has excellent cheeses too, but is also not cheap. In their case, as for the Cheese Block, price is matched by quality. I have always found the cheese they sell to be in excellent condition. As well as good examples of their type.