Greetings from blue sky Sawrey, its a stunning day here today despite there been absolutely no visitors around. Our meeting with the cumbria rural enterprises chappy went well. They are doing a survey of small businesses in this area to see what support they can offer to keep businesses in rural areas afloat.
It seems to have been a week of meetings, today is was a meeting with the area manager for the national trust, a Mr John Darlington, we discussed amongst other things the impact of the "Miss Potter" film upon Sawrey. He told me that Hill Top had had over 100,000 visitors this year and how next year it it predicted to fall slightly to around 70,000, thats still a lot of folks hey!

The pictures above are of a few of the visitors we get here at Sawrey Stores, Mr Robin is always the first visitor to the shop when we open. Billie and Sky the cute puppies are also regualr visitors that come and play with Benny.

We have a basket here in the shop that has been placed here by the members of Braithwaite Hall, they have asked all local businesses to donate a gift for the Bingo Night which will be held in Hawkshead in December.

Our thoughts today go out to one of our customers who has gone into hospital for a heart bypass operation at Blackpool. GOOD LUCK Nancy

Its 2pm closing today, it still feel strange but as there has not been a customer in for 2hours, I guess its the right decision until the new year. Although I think i would rather stay here than go home and face the mountain of VAT paperwork that needs wading through

Thats about all for now folks :-)