Good afternoon, we are moored just off far sawrey today! Well it feels like we are! The rain is still with us...

At the market this morning we finally got some english plums, they look delish! its a bit of a battle fighting the wasps here today, there seems to be more than ever...

A poster is going up in the window advertising a supper dance at the hawkshead village hall on the 4th of oct, there is a supper provided by super chef lisa woodhouse and a bar open until midnight, it should be a great night, its in aid of the british legion and tickets cost £9.50...

I note with great interest that Lakeland Segway, Sawreys new business venture, now has a video clip to watch, its on the tours page and it looks like great fun http://www.lakelandsegway.co.uk/

Thats about all for now folks :0)

Greetings from soggy soggy soggy sawrey... the rain came and has stayed and is showing no signs of leaving. The bank holiday was a complete wash out, there were a few wet walkers out braving the downpours, but not many passing here!

The above picture is of Meg, a new puppy who lives in the village, she is about 4 months old now and is all legs, she is the youngest dog to use the new chain I think!

Something interesting happened in the village the other night, I was just getting ready for bed and out of the window I could see a torch near the Hill Top Shop, it stood out because it was sooooo dark, it seemed to be looking at the building and it went on for about 5minutes, all went dark and then I saw it again, I thought Hmmmmmm this is dodgy so I phoned Anthony at the Tower Bank Arms Pub as his beer garden backs onto where thew torch was.....

he duly went out with a torch to find 2 adults and 2 children scaling the wall to try and see Hill Top at night! He warned them the police and the helicopter were on the way ;0) only joking, seems they were camping just down the road and fancied a look, now't so queer as folk hey

Well folks thats about all for now, off to find my web feet ;0)

Good afternoon from a dazed and confused sawrey stores...... A customer ordered a cumberland news, I order that cumberland news, the cumberland news arrives, the customer arrives, NO cumberland news!?!?!?! I phone the customers who have been in during the first 10minutes of opening, no one has it, I think it must be a holiday maker who has taken it by mistake.... michael goes across the lake to get another cumberland news as its the only newsagent around here which has a spare, he delivers the long awaited cumberland news........ guess what!?! a customer in the next village sat down to read his telegraph and found a ....yes.......cumberland news and brought it back!!!! dennis from buckle yeat took the papers and the cumberland news must have got mixed up by mistake, i forgot he had been in, if only I had remembered, 2 hours of chaos could have been avoided .....you truly could not make it up
In and amongst all of this the drinks supplier arrived and as many customers as this little shop can fit in arrived.......phew...
On a lighter note another customer has brought us in some locally grown cucumbers, they look just like cucumbers shoud! another customer told a story of one of her relatives who at a wedding said " yours was about 22 inches wasnt it...and it fed 100 people at a wedding" ;0)
My loyal helper Alan has been an absolutely marvellous help amidst the chaos this morning and he even made time to display the carrots int he most lovely way....Cheers Alan
I think thats all for now folks, happy friday :0)

Good Afternoon from Sawrey, its still dry and its quite warm today, dare I say it but the forecast is looking good for the bank holiday weekend! The above animal picture is of Tess, she belongs to Joyce one of our customers and blog readers from Carlisle..

The other picture is of the new Sawrey Postcards which we are selling here in the shop, customers love them and we have waited a very long time for someone to print some postcards of this beautiful village

The police seem to be cruising around the villages today, I am however not suprised as customers are reporting that cars are parked all over the road including on the bend between the two Sawrey's

The new fishmonger called this morning, he brings fresh fish from fleetwood and stops outside the shop selling to customers, he then goes door to door in the village, its absolutely lovely fish

Its delivery day here today, first came the meat, then came the ice cream, then came the biscuits and just arriving are the batteries..phew

Thats about all for now, happy tuesday :0)

Greetings from a dry blue sky (ish) morning here in sawrey...Popped to get some fresh fruit and vegetables this morning and then back across the car ferry, whilst on the ferry it was blowing a gale and raining extremely heavy...got the far sawrey side, drove up the hill and the ground was dry as a bone and no wind! Amazing!

The above picture is of the first dog to christen the newly fitted dog chain, it seems to work ok and what a beautiful dog to pronounce it officially open!

A couple of japanese bloggers and customers pooped in the other day, they brought mum a picture of her outside the shop that they took last year, it was a really nice suprise! こんにちは japan!

There is a big article in the gazette on the boat fire on lake windermere roving reporter Robert from Buckle yeat who managed to get some fire footage sent it into the newspaper and its today featured on their online edition

The pies are selling very very well with customers coming back for seconds! thats what we like!

Thats about all for now folks, lets see what today brings hey!;-)

Good thursday afternoon from sawrey stores.... well the pies have arrived....they look sooooooo scrummy and are selling a treat! We have a poster about them which reads,

"We breed and rear pedigree middle white pigs, british saddleback pigs and white cattle.We are based in the lyth Valley which is approx 5 miles south west of Kendal.

Our middle whites and saddlebacks are fed on the brewers grains from Hawkshead Brewery together with a natural pelleted diet which gives our pigs all the vitamins and minerals they need to stay fit and healthy. The pies and sausages contain no artificial additives and are specially made using the pork from our happy rare breed bigs, bred and reared on our farm"

It truly has been traffic chaos in the village this week, a customer and her family came in to take a break from the rain as they had been told there were no tickets availible at Hill Top until 3.15, it was raining hard but they battled on and walked here, bought some sweeties, swam back and then an hour later they came back in on their way back to the ferry and reported then when they got back to hill top all of the tickets had been sold out! Someone had told them some wrong information and they did not have a ticket but understood that they could get one after 3.15, that was not the case so they trudged back to the ferry absolutely soaked to the skin not happy at all and the children who had looked forward to visiting hill top did not get in...

As for the traffic, a ferry load unloaded the other day at the same time a large truck filled with sheep was coming the other way, it would have been ok of drivers wouls have been prepared to back up but they were not and a handbags at dawn moment ensued, eventually the car drivers saw they had no option but to reverse, here is hoping there were tickets still for sale when they got to hill top

The boat that set on fire reimains in the lake is several pieces, the owner told me its going to cost £3,500 to be removed from the water

Thats about all for now, we are just having some chains fitted across the entrance to the shop
to try and remind visitors to let their dogs foul outside the shop to take them somewhere else....

love from sawrey :-)

Good afternoon from Sawrey.apologies for blog absence, On saturday the 2nd of Aug at 6.30am I sat on the floor to put my trainers on, ten hours later I was still there in agony, my back went, its just about come back.....I too have returned from the happy cloud that was the pain killers........boy oh boy its been agony! Mother has run the shop like a trooper and fingers crossed normal service is resumed....
Seems to have been quite a week in the village, a fire on a boat on the lake, a cyclist who lost 2 finger on ferry hill as he approached the corner where the ferry sign is and the traffic seems to have gone a bit crazy, its been reported today by customers that 15 cars were parked between this village and near sawrey causing significant problems......quiet in the country hey!

We have started selling pork pies from savin hill farm in the lyth valley, they literally have sold out soon after being delivered, they look gorgeous and when the new batch arrive I shall take some pics...the pigs are rare breeds and are fed on the hops from the hawkshead brewery, happy pigs I bet!!! The range included the lyth valley porker and then a selection of pies with things on the top including apple, damsons, gooseberries, pate and cranberry and pate and stuffing YUM YUM!
Thats all for now folks hope this little bit of summer has made it to you :-)

Greetings from the village of the wet, yes its raining again! its not even that "fine rain that soaks you through" its big big rain drops and is showing no sign of going back to where it came from....

The long awaited new drinks fridge arrived this week and despite its seeming huge at first we are getting used to it and its nice to have a much larger soft drinks range (16new lines!)

The other picture is of a nappy cake that a customer from the village made for our milkman kevin who's wife gave birth to a little girl on wednesday, despite being a week late she arrived naturally and I am assured mother and baby are both well....the nappy cake is awesome and is made with some 90 nappies! and as you can see looks absolutely fabulous!

Michael heather the dotty dog and I popped accross the pass to the la'al ratty steam train at ravensglass yesterday and had a lovely day, we ended it with a paddle at the beach at St Bees...

Well folks thats about all for now better go learn the new drinks prices :0)