Greetings Bloggers, another dry day here in the village although walking vistors seem to be thin on the ground?!

When I went to Hawkshead yesterday I noticed that the white lines coming 0ut of Hawkshead are slightly wobbly, perhaps the white line man had too much coffee for his breakfast!

Todays pictire is of Peter Lofthouse, a man who lives in the village who is going to uni-cycle to Africa to raise money for an Asthma Uk! We shall be suppoting him here in the shop and will have a collection box, http://www.justgiving.com/unicycle_africa

Just a reminder that the Poyal British Legion Supper Dance is coming up next weekend and tixkets are on sale here for £9.50

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

Good Afternoon from Sawrey, its still dry....overcast but dry!.... When at the cash and carry stocking up on the confectionary I spotted some Wispa Bars! Seeing them took me back to my childhood and I wondered if the reinvented bars would taste the same.......I am soooooooo pleased to say they do! Customers are loving them...I think it was an online campaign that got them back on the shelves....YUM YUM

The other picture is of the farmyard visitors I spent yesterday afternoon watching, I think they are loving this dry weather just as much as we are....

I have lost the pricing gun this week, it was here now its completely vanished!?! hand written labels pending I think!

The village is extremely quiet today, not many cars or people around, I am wondering if the ferry is working?!?!

Thats about all for now folks, Happy Thursday :0)

Good Moring from a cloudy but dry Sawrey....Finally the road markings have arrived in the village, just as the seasonal chaos ends hey! Better late than never tho!

In the process of re designing the shop we moved the chocolate stand to right in front of the counter, its made a huge difference to chocolate sales! Infact we are as low as we have ever been, need a cash and carry trip asap!

Last night was a beautifully clear night with a beautiful sky full of stars, I went for a walk around the village and it was so so so peaceful with the stars all twinkling

The above picture is of a giant reflective inflatable sculpture inspired by a raindrop and designed by local artist Steve Messam and its on the shore of Crummock Water here in the Lake District . The sculpture is designed to reflect the surrounding dramatic landscape to stunning effect and is the size of a three-storey building, Different hey!

Thats about all for now folks :0)

Good Monday from Sawrey, its another dry day!!!! It was the Sawrey marrow show this weekend and our neighbour Chris won the show with his monster marrow! Well Done Chris!

The above picture is of "Princess" she lives just below the shop and supplies us with fresh free range eggs, she was rescued from a cage and now lives a wholesome free range life here in the village, (she has a particular fancy for cherry tomatoes!)

Despite is been September the ice creams are still selling well. Shop renovations have slowed right down this week, I am still deciding on a colour scheme and then a friend sent me an interesting article on feng shui and designing the interior to encourage wealth, ITS WORTH A SHOT!

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

Greetings from a dry sawrey! Woke up to complete cloud cover, sailed across the lake to get the veggies and it was a clear blue sky on the way towards Kendal.....(Come and get yer ice creams!!!)

Today sees the second edition of the art of seduction fortnightly, this copy is vibrating ;0)

The shop fitting is coming along nicely, still deciding on paint colours, I have been reading about the psycology of colour, green seems to be the colour that inspires calmed relaxed feelings, does calm and relax = customers buying I wonder?!? Coca cola sells well and their fridge is red....Hmmm not sure if red would suit the shop walls!!!

This weekends sees the SAWREY MARROW SHOW!!! its sponsered by Buckle Yeat Guest House, there is not much Marrow talk this year, so I am not sure if we have a bumper crop or if the weather has inhibited growing....The show is in the village Hall from 2pm on Saturday...

Sat in my new seat its interesting to see just how many people walk past the shop, stop and take a picture of the shop and say how cute it looks.....cute it is but it wont be cute if ya dont come in and spend 50p!!!

Happy Thursday from Sawrey :0)

Greetings...apologies for the delay, we are having some major shopfitting going on here, the computer wires have been here there aNd everywhere during the works...I cannot post a picture as goodness knows where the camera is?!?! The shop however looks like it has has an extension and it feels so spacious!I am just trying to decide on colour schemes, the counter has been moved to the back of the shop so as I type I am sat looking out onto the road, its great to have a view!
A walker just came in and asked for some Mendal Kint Cake, thankfully my brain works like that some days so I knew just what he wanted!
Well thats about all for now...back to the chaos ;0)

Greetings....its still raining...say no more!

Already today there has been 4 drowned people in asking for directions for Hill Top, it happenes every friday when the house is shut, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I tell people the gardens and shop remian open, its better telling them on the way there than face the wrath which I have faced on many occassions on their vary disappointed way back! A customer who came in the shop the other week told me he was blogging his way around the lakes, there is a link to his blog and his take on fridays in sawrey http://www.around-england.co.uk/blog/?tag=near-sawrey. I note in the Westmoreland gazette this week that next year Hill Top will be open to the public from Feburary rather than Easter

The veggies remain tucked up in the shed keeping dry until the rain stops, I have posted a little video of this weeks weather, a picture says a thousand words hey ;0)

Benny had a day at the vets yesterday, he had a general anaesthetic as he has not been well, whilst he was under the clipped his toenails and sorted out his teeth , it was funny when he came home last night, he was slightly dazed and confused...well thats about all for now, hope the my maiden video posting works

Good Morning from Sawrey, I am getting tired of saying this, but its raining again! Not even that fine rain that soaks you through, this is big splodges of rain that bounce off the ground.... This weather is killing trade, it is quite worrying.... anyway...

Opened up the newspapers this morning to be greeted with a new magazine they want us to sell, no not tractor monthly or dirt monthy (the mountain bike mag) but...... "The Art Of Seduction" fortnigtly..... as if monthly was not enough!...... could not quite believe my eyes, I do not think the computer realises that we do not sell top shelf material......this copy has 2 free gifts enclosed........some ginger massage oil and some nipple tassles..... just what Sawrey needs ;0) One of the first customers in laughed and said she had come away with some girlfriends to get away from things like that!

Surfing the net the other day I discovered a fun site.... Using paint tools you can hang a virtual canvas on the side of an equally virtual building. Your invited to grab a brush, or roller from the side of the kerb in order to create your own “Can-you-tell-what-it-is-yet” style masterpiece. Uniquely there’s even a brush called the Jackson P which can be used to help create your Pollack-esque convas. When you run out of paint you can choose whether to pass it on to another online painter to complete, or whether to declare it finished and have it hung in the public gallery... For the puurpose of passing a few minutes I painted an "I love sawrey picture" the site can be found at

http://www.wetpaintpleasetouch.com/

Happy Painting