The moon may not be cheese but one of our raffle prizes is!

What a great raffle prize: cheese donated by HJ Errington & Co, local heroes and makers of Lanark Blue, Maisie's Kebbuck and the award winning Dunsyre Blue. Fallachan, a fermented whey 'wine' is now produced to complement to the cheeses.

Humphrey Errington and his daughter Selina head up a small team at Walston Braehead Farm in Lanarkshire, where they make their cheeses by hand. Ewes milk from the Erringtons own flock is used, with cow's milk coming from a neighbouring farm. The artisan cheeses are traditional in style. Walter Scott described a locally produced cheese, which was probably very close to the blue cheeses made by the Erringtons since the mid 1980s.

It may seem unbelievable now but 15 years ago it looked like production at Walston Braehead might have to stop completely, after the local authority deemed the unpasteurised cheese too dangerous for consumption! The protracted but successful legal battle that followed made Humphrey a much respected pin-up for independent enterprise; The Man Who Saved Scottish Cheese.

If you win this prize you will have both something nice to put on your oatcakes, and also a wedge of Scottish history.

Further information is available at the Eat Scotland website and the Scottish Food Guide. HJ Errington cheeses are stocked at branches of IJ Mellis across Scotland, Earthy and numerous good delicatessens and restaurants in Britain (and further afield).