Soggy Sunday

Good Morning from Far Sawrey....as I write there is a break in the rain...boy oh boy there was no such let up first thing this morning when I was putting all of the sunday inserts into the papers...My thoughts go out to the nations paper boys and girls!
Its been a very busy morning....lots of customers arriving in the village last night for the half term week...infact a family who came up earlier in the year and were indeed the shops first customers have returned for a break, its nice to see people who came earlier in the year.
As I drove to work this morning the road was absolutely covered in leaves all of the way, it was an interesting drive as the fresh bread was steaming up the windows all of the way..
Here at the shop we run a bonus ball competition to raise money for the refurbishment of the Village hall...Its £1 a go and if your number is the bonus ball in the saturday nights lottery you win £25 and the rest goes to to the hall fund......This week it was a rollover...a customer from Near Sawrey has won, he has yet to come in and find out, nice suprise for him hey!
The newspapers are full of stories about the McCartney split, with all thats is going on in the world its a shame such news keeps making headlines day after day...Also in the papers are lots of receipes for pumpkins as halloween is approaching

A little pumpkin history...."much like mince pies, pumpkins only come to people’s minds once a year as eerie, sinister-looking lanterns, synonymous with that most mischievous of festivities, Halloween.
Originally an ancient festival rooted in Celtic lore, Halloween was first celebrated by the British and Irish who lit bonfires and carved ghoulish faces out of turnips to scare off the malevolent spirits that were said to be roaming on 31 October. When the Irish emigrated to America in the mid-1800s, pumpkins, which are native to the New World, were more readily available, so the Irish took to carving these extraordinary species instead. The Americans made the Jack O’Lantern an essential part of the Halloween season we now look forward to - or dread - each year".

Little healthy pumpkin seed snack idea...

Ingredients100g/3½oz pumpkin seeds
¼ tsp celery salt
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
¼ tsp paprika
1 tsp vegetable oil.

Method1. Simplicity itself. Heat a frying pan.2. Brush with a very small amount of oil, then add the pumpkin seeds. They will expand and brown fairly quickly, and when this is done, place them in a bowl and add the salt, celery salt, freshly ground black pepper and paprika. This is delicious if the pumpkin seeds are reasonably fresh.