Good Morning from Sawrey, its a rather misty morning here today, the rain keeps stopping and starting.

Sawrey is in mourning this week following the sad loss Mrs Hunt who lives just down the lane from the shop and also Mr Ian Crabtree who's lovely family live in the village. Our friend and customer Nancy who underwent heart surgery this week had her operation yesterday and we await news. Testing times for a small community....

The gift basket for the braithwaite hall bingo evening is filling up as gifts are been donated by local businesses.

I note with real interest in the local paper today that Cumbria County Council is failing to meet its social care targets, it says and I quote...."findings published this week reveal weaknesses in the way the department deals with with allegations of abuse - which are on the increase" the council responds by saying it is taking action which is outlined in the detailed action plan published today...hmmmmmm speaking as a whistleblower who was harrassed out of a job she loved due to raising concernes of abuse in a care home run by cumbria care I will read the report with interest. After I whistleblew 6times the CSCI inspection report for the home where I worked said there was no allegations made in the home. I wrote to the inspector to tell him there were indeed allegations and it was me who had made them. The inspection report for the home did however remain unchanged and I found it all very odd how that could happen...

Anyway......the shop remains quiet this week, but so too does the lake district as a whole, you can always tell how busy it is in Ambleside by the opportunity to park on the street, this week parking places are available everywhere

A friend of mine called louise is selling her little flat in ambleside, its a lovely little studio flat right in the epi centre of ambleside and I am putting a link to it on here in case any of you blog readers fancy purchasing a little gettaway in the lakes :-)
http://www.matthewsbenjamin.co.uk/property_details.aspx?p_id=601#

Thats about all for now folks

:-)