What's in the shops with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods.

Plumgarths farm shop, Kendal: Beef from Low Longmire Farm at Troutbeck special offer - pack comprising 4lbs each of silverside, stewing steak, rump steak and beef mince £36.99.

Cartmel Village Shop: Exclusive pudding blend coffee prepared by Farrers of Kendal to give a rich, high roast for after dinner drinking - available as beans or ground coffee £2.35 per 250g vac-seal pack.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: New line - ready meal for two - roast Aberdeen Angus beef in gravy with four Yorkshire puddings

special offer: £2.59 - Microwave or oven & serve with seasonal veg.

Hutchinsons, Coniston: Beef rib roast - boned & rolled - £2.86 per half kilo.

Kendal Foodhall: Hazer Baba Turkish flower clear honey - £4.85 per 454g jar.

Cranstons, Kendal: Cranstons own award-winning thick Cumberland sausage - special offer: 5lb pack for £ 6.99.

Greenbanks, Kendal: English rhubarb - 55p per lb.

A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Luxury Sticky Tea Loaf baked in Ingleton using free range eggs - delicious served with butter and Wensleydale cheese - £4.25 per 650g loaf.

Oddbins, Kendal: Rosemount Chardonnay from South East Australia full flavour and easy drinking, soft, fruity palate with a touch of oak special offer: 6 bottles for £30.