feral trade swiss alps cheese
Cheese from Grindelwald's Holzmatten ancient commons, a sunny alpine idyll facing the north face of the Eiger. The village cows pass the summer at 2200m eating particular mountain herbs, the horned cow variety research shows deliver the best milk. Formed daily into cheese at 1600m alpine hut by commoners channeling swiss engineering and 500 years of cheese making tradition, the cheese is over-summered at altitude then cellared on further down the mountain 1 year at 12 degrees C in the basement beneath self-built Grindelwald home of commoner/carpenter Peter Eggers, who runs his 5 cows on Holzmatten alp for the brief but vivid summer season. ferally traded since: 14/09/14.
FER-2436
Holzmatten commons Grindelwald, Switzerland to Feral Trade Bristol, UK
dispatched 23/08/18 delivered 29/08/18
swiss alps cheese shipment FER-2436
REMARKS: Pickup of an ambitious 15KG alpine cheese, organised by pretext of a guest appearance at Reinventing Organisations summer conference at Bluefactory in Fribourg. Vacuum packed with Swiss precision, block size average 350-500g. Travelling by train to Bristol. Trading at: 20 CHF/ 20 EUR/ 20 GBP per KG.
QTY: 44 units at block each
FROM: Holzmatten commons in Grindelwald, Switzerland
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TO: Feral Trade in Bristol, UK
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SENDER:Marianne Tiefenbach
RECEIVER: kate rich
REQUESTED: to ship between 25/08/18 and 30/08/18
STATUS: delivered Feral Trade 29/08/18
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COURIER: kate rich  Marianne Tiefenbach  martin schick 
TOTAL ROUTE:  Holzmatten commons-Bern station-Fribourg station-Bluefactory-Geneva station-Paris Gare de Lyon-Paris Gare du Nord-London St Pancras station-London Paddington station-Bristol Temple Meads station--Feral Trade

                     
swiss alps cheese Holzmatten commons to Feral Trade 1. awaiting cheese handover bern station treffpunkt 2. 300 CHF for swiss alps cheese to marianne teifenback 3. swiss alps cheese transferred to traders suitcase by marianne tiefenback bern station 4. swiss alps cheese 15KG stored bluefactory fridge 5. feral trade at bluefactory 6. cheese suitcase packed bluefactory 7. 13KG swiss alps cheese feral trade suitcase 8. feral bags depart fribourg station 9. case aboard swiss train 10. swiss alps cheese shipment 4 arrives bristol 11. swiss cheese mountain unpacked bristol
Shipping Facts
FER-2436 import purchase & freight
44 x swiss alps cheese 350ggrossper 350g
Paid in cash to supplier Marianne Tiefenbach 300 CHF at 0.787 GBP to CHF £237.57 £5.40
total£237.57£5.40
Courier Report FER-2436 DISPATCHED: 23/08/18 DELIVERED: 29/08/18 kate rich Met Marianne at the Bern central station concourse meeting point where 2 triple-lined paper bags of freshly wrapped, 1-year matured alpine cheese were exchanged for 300 CHF cash, with luck the exact maximum the local cash machine would allow out. Supplier & trader had time for a quick social catch-up before boarding respective trains back. Travelled back to Fribourg, where the cheese was stored for a few days, kept cool against Swiss summer heat in an available Bluefactory fridge. 29/8 re-loaded rolling suitcase with cheese and hauled this back to Fribourg station, meeting Martin Schick from Bluefactory on the Geneva bound train for a speedy business meeting alongside Geneva lake views. Switched trains at Geneva where EU-bound travellers pass out by a Customs channel, the only people being searched were a south asian-looking couple. Train to Paris Lyon as the sunstruck mountain landscape flattened into industrial farmland and drizzle then RER from Paris Lyon to Nord station which provides an all-escalator route for the grateful feral trade courier. Eurostar, tube, Bristol train local bus & another stretch of walking delivered cheese to feral trade fridge by around 10PM.
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