Good Morning from a wet but mild Far Sawrey, the heavens have just opened and the sky is quite dark. The free range eggs from graythwaite look absolutely lovely today, some are speckley and some are blue! What a treat!

A blind couple who stay in the village for their holidays popped in to see us at the shop this week with their beautiflu guide dog Kerry, sadly it was raining on they day they came up, I am however hoping that the Strawberry Jam with Black Pepper that they bought will remind them of sunnier days in the lake district when they have it.

No strawberry selling this week as the weather has been somewhat unpredictable. However I only have permission to sell fruit for a certain number of days during the year so I am trying to work it out so I am there when it gets busy and people will be hungry for some lush soft fruit.

We have a bumper crop of mixed peppers on offer here today for only 10p each, if you like roasted peppers this is the place to be!!!!

Well folks thats about all for now :0)

Good Morning from Sawrey, its still dry despite the forecast saying its going to be wet today, fingers crossed they got it wrong.

Our first batch of this years Jute bags have arrived today, although customers are very good at recycling their bags in Sawrey, just got to encourage the visitors to recycle too!

In the post yesterday we received plans for a conservation area appraisal of Far Sawrey, it appears that the conservation boundary is to be increased somewhat around the village. An exhibition has been arranged at the Braithwaite Hall in the village on Tues the 8th 10 - 2pm and Tues the 15th of July 4-8pm

the documents can also be found online at

http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/farsawrey

I have learned from it that we have buildings in the village dating back to the 17th centuary! Interesting!

We have someone from COCA COLA coming to talk to us about drinks today, something we sell a lot of...

Thats about all for now folks :0)

Good Morning from a soggy sawrey! Its certainly raning and pouring here today. Today is the wedding of a woman who's family live at Cunsey just down the lane. It is reported that the church is filled with beautiful displays of english country flowers and the marque is up in the garden, fingers crossed that the rain stops sharpish!

It is also the Rose Queen gala in Hawkshead Village today, that all starts at 2pm and again they need some sunshine for the children.... All together now...."bring me sunshine!"

An ambulance has just gone through the village with its lights and sirens on, it seems to be happening more and more, not sure if they are using the ferry more as the roads get busier

Having a bit of a clean up this morning now the dust has settled from the new road surface

Thats about all for now folks :-)

Good Morning from a quiet Far Sawrey, in fact it has been an exceptionally quiet week here in the shop, the weather has not been very good tho….

Delivery day here today, fresh fruit and veggies from the market, local cheeses and we are just awaiting the confectionary and drinks to arrive…. A bottle of water and a mars bar seems essential in the bag of most walkers passing the shop!

Many visitors to the village come into the shop and seem genuinely concerned as to “how the shop is doing” and if we are busy…… it’s a very interesting question, as the weather impoves we see an increase in passing trade…. Local people who live here permanently are very supportive of the shop

However…It concerns us greatly that despite the village housing many holiday cottages, new people do move into the community when houses become available, however many, but not all!, new residents do not see it as important to use the village shop to purchase even a newspaper. We find it a difficult concept to work out but it does feel like it is becoming less and less important to people moving into communities to participate in keeping a vital local service going, despite our very best attempts at proving produce as fresh as could be bought anywhere and at a price that rivals larger stores. Time will tell hey……

Anyway…ramble over, the sweeties have just arrived and the sun is shinning…. Happy Friday :0)

Good Afternoon from far sawrey, its an overcast day here today and its very quiet here in the shop, what we have sold seems to be lots of breakfast items as featured above......

The baby birds all seem to be venturing out of their nests and their mothers are frantically feeding them.............aka.....anything we have on display outside the shop!!! Its quite a battle, the milkman told me he has had a couple of trays of eggs devoured by the birdies!

This weeks ice creams have just been delivered and we have added to our range of magnum's the scrummy double caramel magnum.... today is not an ice cream day tho!!!

Thats about all for now folks, I see rain a coming!

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Good afternoon from sawrey.......Near Sawrey was woken up before 8am today with the sound of a jack hammer digging up the newly re surfaced road! yes the road that was re surfaced only 2 days ago had men digging it up this morning to replace the man-hole covers or something! I stood there doing my finest hands on hips impression looking amazed! They just smiled, well they would, isnt it triple time on a sunday or something!! OUSTANDING!!!

The ambulance has just flown through the village en route to the ferry, seems to have been a few sirens throught the village this weekend.
As I type there are 6 people perched on the benches enjoying their ice creams.......very civilised way to spend a sunday afternoon after a nice walk!

Sold a sunday times with a sunday sport tucked away inside it this morning! Bless!

Sawrey over and out for now ;0)

Good Morning from Sawrey, we had a light shower about an hour ago but the day looks set to be filled with blue skies and sunshine :0)

Picked up some gorgeous local new potatoes yesterday, just a quick rub off of the muck and they taste scrumdiddlyumptious!

I have found a great website for a course on learning how to smoke food in cumbria! I love smoked food but was really disappointed when I found out that a lot of smoked food has not been near a smoke house and the smoky flavour is sprayed on some foods! The place that teaches you to smoke food is called Smoky Jo's at Shap just north of kendal... http://www.smokyjos.co.uk/

Sold some ice creams at 9am this morning! Thats a bit of a record I think! Magnums for breakfast!

Thats about all for now folks :0)

Good afternoon from dusty far sawrey......the new road surface is making sawrey look like a scene out of a wild west movie after the horses have bolted! Dust everywhere! However the newly dressed road does look very countryroad ish....having said that I pity any cyslist who has the mis fortune to come off their bike on it! OUCHY OUCH!!!!

I Have not sold strawberries in near sawrey for a couple of days due to the dust.....chocolate covered yes but dust covered no :-)

Its a blue sky afternoon here today. There is an advert in the wondow stating " we want blood" its from the village festival committee and they are having their AGM and are inviting new blood to come and join them to help fund raise and come up with some new ideas for fund raising... the meeting is being held int he claife crier bar on sunday the 15th of june at 8pm...ALL WELCOME

The Sawrey Segway Company features in a great article in the Westmorland Gazette today, the reporter looks to be having lots of fun on one of the New Segways

Thats about all for now folks HAPPY FRIDAY :0)

Good afternoon from Far Sawrey........Fruitilicious opened its fruity doors opposite buckle yeat in Near Sawrey yesterday and the fruity kebabs went down a treat with visitors to the village..... last year I started selling them in july but the weather has been so glorious that I thought I better start......

Mum is teaching rug making at a school in the village of Levens today so Benny and I are in the shop....lots of coaches are passing the shop having dropped off lots of visitors and I am wishing I was in near Sawrey selling as its quite quiet in the shop today.....However I am sure Mum will be having a great day doing something she loves...

Just had a customer in from Guatamala?!? thats a 1st!!!

Mega delivery of sweets due today, the sweet sin jars are selling really well and we are quite low on stocks, there isnt a BON BON in the village!

Reports from the village BBQ on Sunday are all good and I think the children all had a great day, with lots of activities planned for them and sunny weather

We ordered a composter a few weeks ago for the shop and its arrived today, it seems HUGE!!! but I am sure it will make good compost with all the shredded papers and old veggies we compost to keep it all looking fresh.........

The National Trust are inviting comments regarding what to do with the Old Viewing Station on Claife Heights....If I find an online link regarding it I will post it on the blog

Thats about all for now folks

Love from Sawrey

(PS apologies if there are even more spelling mistakes in ths blog than normal , we have a new keyboard and its taking a bit of getting used to!)

Geetings from Far Sawrey, its another beautiful blue sky day in the village today, fingers crossed the weather keeps fine for the village BBQ later this afternoon....

Having managed to sprain my ankle this week I topped that off last night by getting my index finger caught between my behind and a loose chair top on the dining table seat, resulting in mega ouch!!!! its amazing I made it to work in one piece!!!anything could happen to me in my accident prone state ;0)

Mango Sorbets are still flying out of the shop again today! I think we will need to order some more tomorrow! All bread and bath buns went in record time this morning, ordered more this past few weeks but it looks so delicious and its proving hard to resist!

I am still without the camera but found a lovely web cam link of coniston which I will post instead http://www.conistonweb.co.uk/oldmancam.html

Thats about all for now folks.........HAPPY SUNDAY

Greetings from sawrey, its a looooooooovely blue sky day here today and it is extremely warm. I went for a walk around Buttermere on thursay and managed to sprain my ankle, with a two mile walk back to the car, OUCH is an understatement, made it back, popped into the tower bank arms for some pain relief, then applied ice and some elevation and the rest as they say is history.......

I cannot post a new pic today as mum has gone to a family party in yorkshire for the weekend and has taken the camera....

As the 1litre tubs of Mango Sorbet from English lakes ice cream are proving a good seller we have decided to start selling them in the small tubs with a spoon in them and they are proving even more popular, I have sold 7 on the trot this afternoon!

My partner Michael is here for the weekend helping me lift and carry things so thats good.... BILLY and SKY, the two cutest puppies in the village are 1 tomorrow so we wish them a very happy birthday, I think I have a pic of them taken earlier in the year which I will try find and post on here

Tomorrow is the BBQ and Sawrey Sports Day at the Playground in Near Sawrey and the fun starts at 2pm.....we have donated some sweeties and a jar so the children can guess how many sweets are in the jar......

Thats about all for now folks, HAPPY SATURDAY :0)

Good Morning from Far Sawrey.............when I was having a sort out yesterday I noticed how many minty things we sell here in the shop, it suprised me! But customers like all things minty so we try to supply!

It was a steady away day in this village yesterday, quite a few people out walking, I feel that now the phenomenon of the Miss Potter film has died down more walkers are heading back to claife heights.....Miss Potter pilgrims tended to arrive by car, go to hill top and then drive on to the next location and there did not seem to be many fell walkers about.....anyway....we will see what this season brings....

Benny is at the vets today, he has been off colour for a few days and has not been eating and drinking, he does not like going to the vets :0(

We placed an order with Suma the wholefood co operative last week, it did not arrive, we put it down to the bank holiday,when it did not arrive yesterday(a week later) we called them up to discover they had got one digit wrong in our account number and our order had been dispached to suffolk! Oooooooopz....we have had a call this mornign to say its arrived back at their warehouse and will be dispached today for tomorrow! Finger crossed! anything could happen between halifax and sawrey ;0)

Happy Wednesday from Sawrey

Good Morning from Far Sawrey, as you can see from the pic, its a damp start to the day today... The bank holiday people have gone and the village seems much quieter this week.

This weekend there is a BBQ at the playground in Near Sawrey, it is to raise money for the Tarn Hill Trust and starts at 2pm on Sunday, All are welcome and its a great village event which raises money for the playground.

It has also come to our attention that thursday is World Environment Day http://www.unep.org/wed/2008/english/and http://www.lakelandsegway.co.uk/index.htm , a local company is marking the day by launching its new innovative method of transport! GOOD LUCK SEGGERS!!!! :0)

Here in the shop it is cleaning, ordereing and re stocking day after the bank holiday rush.....

Happy Tuesday from Sawrey