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 :-)