Sunshine again today and after work we had a walk through the woods.









As we got back into Near Sawrey we spotted a car we thought we knew and sure enough sat on the bench outside the Tower Bank Arms was former owners of Ees Wkye John and Margaret who now live in Foxfield, they had taken advantage of the sunny evening to get the car out and pay a visit to Sawrey. We had a chat before heading home for tea.

Summer arrived at last, it has been a lovely day and as usual the village is busier than at weekends.
The woodpecker was feeding on the bird feeder this morning at Buckle Yeat and it is getting very bold, if I had a more sophisticated camera I could have got a great shot.

The questions we get asked!! a gentlemen asked where he could buy some timber locally, fair enough, but he felt he had to go on and explain it was for a bed he had broken in a holiday let in Hawkshead, too much information, I'm sure his wife kicked him under the table, and I can tell you if you get kicked under the table you know about it.

The Red arrows were at the Windermere Air show and duly performed over the lake and so clearly visible from the village. We had directed a number of guests up onto Scale Ivy to get the best view.
The Rotary Club who are organisers of the Windermere Air Show were blessed with the weather because today it has been perfect.








No changes at Buckle Yeat this morning so a bit easier on the washing machine front.

One of Matthews old school mates rang this afternoon so he went over to the school and threw a few hoops (basketball terminology apparently).

A big turn out from Buckle Yeat this morning but a full house again tonight.
Bill and Jill along with dog Holly arrived this afternoon for 8 days.
It has been a dry day but not a summers day.









Louise from the farm brought some quiz sheets round for us to sell, it is a TV advert quiz and is raising money for the pre-school in Hawkshead, Matthew is working his way through it.
A walk down to Esthwaite water tonight before tea.

Kendal yesterday and when we got back we called in at the Tower for a beer, Helen spotted crayfish tails on the specials board and I fancied the beef casserole so we decided to have our supper and then headed home.

The latest on the ladies who had the car broken into, things were worse than I feared because they both had a substantial amount of cash in their purses, the good thing is they are insured and despite the trauma of it all they were not injured.
The police seem to think the bags and belongings will turn up, minus the cash of course.

They left this morning and gave us a nice thank you card for our support, then this afternoon a floral display turned up with another thank you note.Thank you ladies.
Hill Top is closed as usual today and I have never seen so many people turning up on a Friday.

Rain again this morning but by lunch time the sun was shining.








St Peters church in Far Sawrey with Charlie and Nancy's colourful garden in the foreground.



We had a quick walk round to Far Sawrey and met Roger and Graham from Fold Farm they were just setting off to move their bull to a fresh field, the bulls pedigree name is "No effort" I asked the lads if that meant it needed no effort or it showed no effort, they just laughed.

We got back to Buckle Yeat to find two guests, a lady and her mum had parked at Castlerigg stone circle and when they got back to their car some morons had broke the back window and gone with their handbags, the police are on they way for a statement.
The ladies were quite distressed and I can understand why.

A great sunny day, more of these please!





Sawrey Stores opens it's Near Sawrey branch, Annie turned up across the road and set up shop from her van.


Fresh fruit kebabs, who would have thought it, they seemed to be going down a storm, it's a great idea and good luck Annie.



We had a walk down the dub round by the church and back into Near Sawrey, this weather is what we have been waiting for.

It has been a good day on the weather front today, except for a 10 minute downpour which saw all the tea garden customers scurrying inside.


The car park is busy and these kids decided the best place for a picnic was on top of the car.

We had a walk up to Moss Eccles tonight on a calm and sunny evening.


Esthwaite Water from Coopers Lane


A close shave.



We met Paul from Belle Green farm on the way back down into the village and this is his eldest daughter Louise with new puppy Mist.

At last a taste of summer but alas it is not going to last, we have had a beautiful sunny warm day and tea room customers have been enjoying sitting in the garden.
Not such a busy day which is often the case at weekends.

We had a couple of guests who had been with us for the week, they live in Devon and had planned stopping over in Hereford on the way home, they had to re-plan their route.

We watched the end of the golf after work, well done Padraig, by the time it had finished the rain was back with a vengeance.









We had five people check in today a couple of sisters from Peterborough and three Japanese ladies.

Rain, rain and more rain, but we can take a bit of wet weather, in the West Midlands however chaos reigns, sorry about the pun.
No chance of a walk tonight and so no pictures.

We have people arriving today all the way from Somerset and Cornwall and with all the traffic problems we are glad to report that they all arrived safely.

Matthew sent a text to tell us that him and Sarah arrived at his future place of residence in Leicester, they will be there for the weekend getting to know his new housemates.

Still no better on the weather front although at least it has been dry today, we had a sunny day yesterday for our trip to Kendal.
Just a couple of check-outs today and hopefully no late arrivals which is good for a Friday.
No teas today but we have been kept busy catching up on all sorts of jobs that get left.
Matthew got a card from Ann & Walt, two of the New Year gang, wishing him well in his new job, he is off to his new abode for the weekend to sort out just what he will need.
He sent back his contract of employment this morning so it is all official and he starts on the 7th August at 9am prompt.

We have nearly sold out of fridge magnets so I have ordered some more,we will also be getting some Buckle Yeat key rings!!

Torrential rain this morning but yet again the sun broke through and we had a great afternoon of sun.

A quick walk to Esthwaite Water tonight and we tried to walk along a lakeside path; the problem was the level of the lake is so high that the path is under water. The good side of the high water level is the absence of the green algae, which usually blights the lake at this time of year.

Busy again in the village and Hill Top sold out mid afternoon, the beauty of Near Sawrey though is by 4.30pm the biggest majority of visitors have dispersed and the village is once more tranquil.

Thunder storms overnight but I have to admit I slept through them all.
We had rain this morning but it turned into a fantastic sunny day, I think we were lucky, our Rachel went to work in Grange and struggled through floods to get there and I spoke to my brother in Kendal and he reported some heavy downpours.

Matthew received his contract of employment from his new employers this morning and he has a definite start date on the 4th August.

A walk down to Esthwaite this evening and took lots of photos.

Big news in the village, it was rumored that that Barbara Streisand the American diva had paid a visit to Hill Top, we heard about the visit the other day but had it confirmed today, apparently her people had rung from the Sharrow Bay hotel where she was staying and made arrangements to visit the house.









Summer arrived this afternoon and we hope it may stay but I have my doubts.
We had a good walk up to Moss Eccles this evening before tea.

It started off bright and sunny this morning but rain is on the way.
Its St Swithens day( many different spellings )and if the old wives tale is to be believed we could get rain for 40 days.

The village seems quiet today, the lull before the storm because I am sure there will be a lot more people about tomorrow.

We have a room available for one night some people who had booked a while ago had to cancel the last day of their holiday, no takers yet.

Mr McGregor is in big demand for photos today, a lot more children on holiday so we should be able to collect a few more pounds for the Tarn Hill playground.

The rain continued this morning until lunchtime and then the day improved.
We managed a good walk tonight down the dub and then through the woods to the church and back along the foot path to the village.

The footpaths are as muddy and wet as you would expect in winter and the farmers are chasing to get some of the grass in before the rain returns.

Back home we watched the boxing and saw Amir Khan win the Commonwealth lightweight belt.

Summer! what summer? it has not stopped raining all day.We have the fire lit and the heating on in mid July, crazy.
Not a chance of a walk tonight so these pictures are from last night at Moss Eccles.
A full house tonight and no late arrivals.
Matthew sent a text earlier, they have hit heavy traffic on their way down to Hereford for the weekend.








A guest who shall remain nameless asked me if you had to get off the island to visit Haverthwaite Railway museum!!

We had to make a quick dash to Kendal for some supplies, heavy rain there but it stayed dry in Sawrey.
I had to go for the papers this morning, Denis had a flat battery and was unable to start his car, while I was at Sawrey stores I picked up our fruit order from Annie who had been to the fruit and veg market in Manchester.









These picture are of Esthwaite Water, we had a walk down there last night, tonight we had stroll up the lane to Moss Eccles.

Liverpool have been busy in the transfer market this last two weeks, they have signed a few big names ie Fernando Torres, Yossi Benayoun and in the next day or two the Dutchman Ryan Babel, lets hope they make a better start to this season.

 

 

Denis took these pictures of Gary from Hill Top busy in the hayfields

We are back in action after a day or two R&R, it has been a nice sunny day and whilst Helen has been busy baking lots of cakes Matthew and I set to with the lawnmower and strimmer, we had a good morning tidying up in the garden at home and Buckle Yeat, while we where away Denis & Margaret have been busy weeding all the flower beds and planting foxgloves and lupins for next year.

The ambulance went through towards Far Sawrey this afternoon with sirens wailing, as yet no word to its destination

I think Matthew has sorted out a place to live in Leicester and will be making arrangements to move the last week of the month before he starts his new job on the 30th July.

Went a walk today up to the Tarns. It was really sunny, in fact as I write this my neck feels a bit burnt! There were stunning views over to the Langdale Pikes. We had an email from a new blog watcher the other day. Someone who used to live in the village and emigrated to Australia a number of years ago. G'day to you and watch this space and you might see some familiar faces!

Not much blog action at the moment - I apologise. Only had one email complaining so far! Finally a nice day to enjoy. A couple of friends from University are in the Lakes for a while and i'm guessing this will be their first totally dry day. Just watching Murray (not Andy, his brother Jamie) in the doubles semi final. Doubles is much more interesting than singles! Good to see Liverpool got rid of the surplus strikers, in fact almost broke even for them! There will be some more photos on the blog soon, not much fun going out in the rain to take them!

Here are a couple more photos from guests, Liz and John. Not seen weather like that for a few weeks! tried to watch a bit of Wimbledon today but every time it got interesting - the rain came. Lightening was the cause of one stoppage! It has been dry but blustery in Lancaster as usual. I've been house hunting online for most of the day, I think i'm getting somewhere.

1st of July and we had torrential downpours in the early hours, so much that it woke us up and I had to jump in the car and go and check all was well at Buckle Yeat, we have had flooding problems in the past so you can never rest when you hear it raining like it was.
As it turned out everything was OK, the yard at the back was like a swimming pool but it was a long way from flooding in the house and the drains at the front were running clear.
It is Matthews last day at Summittreks today and he will then have to start to find a place to live in the Leicester area before he starts his new job at Severn Trent Water.

Its another significant date today, England goes smoke free, great, we have been totally non smoking at Buckle Yeat for a number of years and the Tower Bank has been non smoking since March 2006,so when we rarely go out anywhere else the smoky atmosphere irks just that little bit more.