Hi Mal,
Thanks for all of your advice. It is all good to know. The purpose of this cheese was not the lactose aspect as it was for my wife. It was actually on her request to stop loading her up with highly fattening cheese.
It was a compromise.
Unfortunately my cheap pH meter went for a swim and didn't survive it, so at the moment I don't have any monitoring. I'll need to order a recent probe for my good meter. I had been putting it off but now the other one is dead, I'll need to just do it.
Thanks again for sharing your wisdom. It's great to get this help when we're just starting out.
I have a cheddar to post soon which is a bit out of the ordinary. Hopefully I'll get to post the details tomorrow.
Shane