Good Afternoon from Far Sawrey, unfortunately this will be the last blog for the forseeable. Cumbria County Council have taken quite an aggressive stance in relation to me and my case and I fear my ramblings and thoughts of the day will somhow be used against me at the next hearing.
So as I hope you can all imagine, this little past time will become a source of anxiety if my innocent words and thoughts for the day are going to be used against me, as they are trying to do with my life

So its not goodbye, its see you all soon :-)

Good Afternoon from Far Sawrey, I see blue sky!!! Marvellous!!! We have sold out of sandwiches today so I have been guiding customers to lunch in a box, they are made my St Delfour, the jam people and they are really really nice, Have a bit of a liking for the cous cous ones!

There is lots of road traffic in the village today but not many people on foot out walking...

Our cheque for the deposit for the Hawkshead show has just been returned to us, unfortunatley the show has been cancelled for this year, I am not sure if it is the weather or the threat of foot and mouth that has forced it to be cancelled.

Sawrey Stores is a member of the freecycle group, the yahoo group where residents of south lakes can swap and post items that they no longer want or need. You just register your details and you get send a list of items daily that people want to give away

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KendalFreecycle/ We saw an advert for a shop awning from a little vilage shop which had closed, we called them up and mum went to collect it, marvellous hey!!! Hopefully it will protect the fruit and veggies from the weather :-)

Thats about all for now folks :-)

Good Morning from Far Sawrey, apologies for my absence this week, I am not too well, I have had a really bad infection in my arm and a high temperature, 8 antibiotics and 16pain killers a day Iater I am coming round. Doctor asked if I was under any stress, I said, how long have you got! :-) anyway, I have asked for an extension for the paper work I have to do for my case, sensing their is no urgency as the council got the remedies hearing postponed until October due to staff holidays..........its been a long holiday for them as far as I am concerned as I won my case some 19months ago, its a tactic they have been allowed to use and it seems really unfair to make someone wait so long for closure....anyway.......

On a happier note a customer of ours Mr Ives has just been in and he is today celebrating his Golden Wedding anniversary! WOW!!! he and his wife are so lovely and always have a smile on their faces, compromise is the key I am informed......GOOD ADVICE hey! he is having a bit of a do at the Sawrey Hotel this afternoon....

Someone has just been in the shop and asked if we sold coat hangers! Unfortunatley not was my reply, they said their holiday cottage only had 20 hangers! I am sensing that they have brought the contents of their wardrobe on holiday!

The rain seems to be giving us a morning off today which is nice, gives the fruit and veg a chance to get out... I am expecting the power to go off any moment, their are some young calfs in the field over the road and they are chewing at the power cables, I have been out and tried to get them to move away but they remain having a good old munch!

Breakfast pictures today, inspired by the many many breakfast products that we seem to see on a sunday morning, we have also just about sold out of bread and all of the bath buns have left the building....24 loaves and 24 bath buns in just over an hour is some going!

Thats about all for now folks, back home to rest my arm

Today is a day when words are hard to find, one of our customers and friends has lost his courageous battle for life this afternoon. Willie Muir was one of the very first customers into this shop shortly after we opened. We remember him with a fond smile and a cheeryness from the first to the last time he came into the shop. He truly has fought a courageous battle with his illness.

Willie and his little son Robert came into the shop on a saturday for their chocolate Raisins and papers and we always had a laugh. Willie is the man who sold us the van and from which the fruiti business was born. Everyone in the shop this afternoon has happy memories of their time with Willie.

Sawrey is a sad place this afternoon