Peter Hutchinson, Greenodd: Herdwick mutton Born & bred in Langdale whole shoulders £1.30 per lb; whole legs £1.60 / lb; whole loins £2.20 / lb.

Oak Street Bakery, Windermere: Siebenfelder (rye & wholemeal flours, cumin, fennel seed & dill) great with soup & chunky stews....£1.25.

Box of 6 mince pies..........................................£1.75.

Dales butchers, Kirkby Lonsdale: Chicken, black pudding & thyme sausages...............£2.75 per 500g.

Howbarrow organic farm, Cartmel: Lowther Farms organic chickens..........£5.50 per kilo.

Lucy's of Ambleside: Own-make Christmas cakes and puddings gluten free also available.

Higginsons, Grange-over-Sands: New lines Own-make fresh pizzas eg: ham, cheese & pineapple / pepperoni & mushroom..................£2.99.

Also, garlic pizza bread...£1.75.

Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Now taking orders for Christmas meat, organic turkeys (£3.55 per lb), geese, game, hams & sausages for your Xmas feast.

Country Harvest, Ingleton: Patchwork individual pates eg: Smoked Summer Trout with sun-blush tomatade' £7.70 per 230g; also, Festive Duck Liver Pate with brandied fruits & pecans.....£6.95 per 230g.

Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Gressingham duck breast..............£5.25 per half kilo.

The Honeypot, Hawkshead: Oven-ready pheasants from Saddleback Foods, Plumpton..£3.50 each.