Good Sunny Morning from Far Sawrey....its another hot one both inside and outside the shop.... Yesterday was the Windermere Air Show and the fruit kebabs were selling like hot cakes down by the lake shore for the second year running..... The air show was a display of helicopters... japanese Air Force and Some very brave men who jumped out of a Hercules Plane and did a marvellous display in the air........the little girl stood next to me with her family thought that the men in the air who approached the lake with flares which they were carrying were in fact their shoes on fire..........her dad hed to re assure her it was not their shoes and they were safe....it was quite funny as she did not believe him!!!

Despite the sun being out there are no strawberries today so I am shop bound.....The new coca cola fridge is due to arrive this week, we are not sure where its going to go as its bigger than the space we have!?!

The new Peter Rabbit Plant Pots are proving to be a great seller...Better hop off and go stock up the ice creams....

Happy Monday from Sawrey

Good "Cherry Tomato" Morning from Sunny yes SUNNY Sawrey........I arrived at the shop this morning as usual to find I had the wrong set of keys in my hand!!! Michael had gone for the fruit and veg for me and had taken the van, so I came in his car and guess which key ring the shop keys were on! What a nelly!!! Customers were very understanding and at one point there was half a dozen of us having a real good debate about the newspaper headlines, I think the sawrey review group will have to meet again soon :0)

Yesterday afternoon we headed to the Lakeland Maize Maze at Sedgwick, its a really fun attraction and after you have found your way out of the maze (which can take 3hours!) you can feed some animals and play some very fun games.....The Maze opened last week and remains open until they harvest it around October and I whole-heartedly recommend it. http://www.lakelandmaze.co.uk/Maze/Home.html

I was going to sell Strawberries today but the delivery of Strawberries did not arrive at the market so fingers crossed the weather holds for another day or so... I think it might!

Off to find my dunces cap :0)

Good blue sky morning from Sawrey, I had to take a picture of the blue sky emerging just to prove to myself tomorrow we did get some restbite fromt he rain today!!!

Its lovely to come into work and not get wet and not make paper mache things with the newspapers....

Today is definately the start of the school holidays, we sold 5 fishing rods before 10am! Amazing!

It is quite interesting how everyone differently describes the sticky bath buns, some people call them chorley cakes!?! Some people call them fruit barms and today someone called them large cherry buns! At least I think they did ;0) Whatever you want to call them these bath buns taste as scrummy as they always have

The Peter Rabbit Gifts are attracting some positive attention and the shops first sale of the day was a pack of Peter Rabbit Juggling Balls! Wonder if that was to put on a show whilst serving breakfast :-)

Update on the dog, now that michael and heather are in residence with me and giving him lots of attention he seems much happier, although a quick phone call home this moring was cut short by them both trying to get something out of his mouth, puppies just love to chew!!!

Well thats about all for now folks, off to practice some juggling :0)

Greetings from wet wet wet Far Sawrey, boy its rained this week!!!

The new Peter rabbit and beatrix Potter gifts arrived yesterday in time for the summer holidays, they look lovely in the shop....

We went to the cash and carry this week and also had a large delivery of soft drinks, we are still awaiting a new drinks fridge. The above chewing gum stand finally arrived, we have been asking for one from Wrigleys for over 2 years! and finally its arrived

I am dog and cat sitting for a customer this week, the young dog managed to get a tin of opened cat food in its mouth and decided to play chase! With the ring can lurking in the dogs mouth I had no option nut to give chase, it truly was like a sketch out of Benny Hill me running aroud the garden chasing the dog... I soon realised that chasing it was making it worse and duly sat down and ignored it which was hard as their was some spots of blood, the postman however saved the day by arriving and causing a distraction to the dog, cat food now lived 7foot up! Animals!

With the poor weather this week its been a quiet week here in the shop, fingers crossed for some sunshine, thats about all for now folks :0)

Good Morning from...................wet sawrey...........

The sun came yesterday and today has very definately gone...

Popped to get some more fresh produce this monring, seem to have sold quite a lot this weekend, could not resist the big box of juicy cherries, I am hoping the birds dont like cherries or sawrey will be covered in them as they ram raid them!!!

Trying out some crusty french sticks today for a change, they smell lovely...

Our roving reporter and top ice cream taster Heather took the picture of the ducks down at the ferry yesterday...She is Michaels daughter and is coming to stay for the summer holidays and will hopefully take plenty of pictures for us during her time here...

A sales woman has just phoned up to see if we want an ice cream order this week, its a no at the moment I am afraid, the forecast is no so good for the next few days, its such a weather dependant thing! Little bit of sunshine and we can sell out quick sharpe!

Update on yesterdays road incident at Brathy, the car was moved and parked a little further on from the bridge and the milkman reported that its still their this morning minus its alloy wheels! Someone is having a bad week!

Thats about all for now folks, feeling a cherry moment coming on :0)

Good Sunny morning from Sawrey! The blue sky is out again and the sun has got its hat on, said with crossed fingers!

Woken up this morning by the sound of a helicopter, it seemed to be hovering quite near by, no news as to why yet....the milkman reported seeing a car just down from Brathy Bridge early this morning, apparently it had taken out a chunk of wall and the occupant was sat in the vehicle smoking a large roll up! Ouch!

Michael has just come back with the bread from Ambleside and reports much of the wall is in the river and the police have put signs up everywhere, quiet in the country hey!

The above pictures are a couple of the new Peter Rabbit games we are selling here in the shop, the range should be expanded by the end of the week :0)

Well folks, the bread is here better hop skip and jump and sell it, Happy Sunday :0)

Good Morning from far Sawrey, its dry!!!!!! The rain has left the village for a minute.... film crews were out in near sawrey very early this morning, looked like they were filming castle cottage in the background, it was about 7.30am!

The ferry man has just reported that the reason the ferry has been off more than usual this week is due to one fo the engines breaking down, apparently it can run on one engine, guess it would be more of a problem if it was an aeroplane! As I type the problem has not been fixed so no idea whether it will be on during the day. The village becomes a little like an island surrounded by a draw bridge when the ferry is off... fandabbydozy place to be stranded tho!

I have been absent this week due to my jaw problems, amazing how damage inflicted upon you three years ago can re surface and its like three years worth of work has never happened, today is pretty pain free tho :0)

The ghanaian students and teachers who were staying in the village left this morning, its rained so much when they were here, one of the children took our blog address, HELLO GHANA!

Well thats about all for now folks, Happy Saturday :0)

Good Morning from Sawrey, its raining oranges and lemons, only kidding, but its raining once again! it does not seem to have stopped for a few days, no strawberry selling this monday!

Hawkshead school is linked with a school in Ghana and the african school have come over to visit this week, the teachers and one of the students are being hosted in this village. The weather is somewhat different to Ghana today!

How ironic, Radio 2 are playing "I can see clearly now the rain has gone" :0) (I wish it would!)

On saturday I drove past a police car just up the road from the shop, there was a man looking fairly bruised and battered, there was no car, not sure what had happened to him, he was standing tho so hopefully it was not too serious and the villages zero crime rate will remain in tact ;0)

Thats about all for now folks, I cannot get that blooming song out of my head!

Good Morning from a blue sky morning here in Far Sawrey. Its fruity market day and outside is smelling sweet today :0)

The above picture is of a dog who has been to stay in the village this week, quite unbelievably this dog is the exact same breed as Benny's mum(a nova scotia duck tolling retriever) http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/novascotiaducktolling.htm!!! The ears give it away! This lovely dog who visited the shop daily is called Quito (I think thats how you spell it!)

Hill Top is closed today as its friday so the road is much quiter.... We are having some work done on the roof window today, slight problem when it was disocvered the window frame is all metal. but with a bit of thinking outside the box I sit here watching a new window opener is being fitted! Finally we will have some air circulated around the shop....A roof slate has also been discovered out of place, good job this is a village of men that can!!!

Thats about all for now folks, HAPPY FRIDAY

Good Afternoon from Far Sawrey, the heavens have just opened and we had quite a downpour....the sun is now trying to pop out! Fickle weather!

It was a gorgous day yesterday and the fruity van was out at Near Sawrey, just about sold out of strawberries which is good and basking under the mid day sun they their aroma was soooooooooo nice, people said they could smell them from accross the road as they walked past buckle yeat...

Talking about Buckle Yeat they have an absolutely glorious display of englsh summer folwers in their garden at the moment, loads and loads of people were taking pictures, I forgot the camera!

The shop is quiet today, wednesdays usually are, although my boyfriend has sent me some lovely roses today so thats put a smile on my face, it was such a suprise when the lady walked in and asked for me!

We have been meeting suppliers of Beatrix Potter Gifts this week, we hope to be exanding out range real soon, the above pictures are of the sheepy gifts that we sell, they are made locally...

thats about all for now folks

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