What' s in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal & speciality foods.

Metric weight guide: 1/2 kilo = 500g (454g = 1lb)

The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Elderflower cordial made in Gatebeck by Jane Merritt - £2.25 per 75cl.

Greenbanks, Kendal: Lyth Valley Victoria Plums (damsons expected 2nd week in September) - 99p per kilo.

Cartmel Village Shop: English mead from Lurgashall Winery (Sussex), Britain's oldest alcoholic drink, delicious poured over peaches or nectarines - £5.05 per 37.5cl bottle.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: Greek-style kleftico lamb-shoulder knuckle in a tasty tomato & vegetable-based Mediterranean sauce, available in an oven-proof container - £1.49 each.

Higginsons, Grange-over-Sands: Pork & orange sausage a gentle mix of local pork with citrus & herbs - £ 2 per lb.

Hutchinsons, Coniston: Buy 3lbs best stewing steak - only £5 AND get 3lbs bag local potatoes free.

Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Sliced smoked trout from the Inverawe Smokehouse (Argyll), melt-in-the-mouth

texture with a delicate flavour - £2.97 per 100g pack.

Oddbins, Kendal: Valentin Bianchi Malbec 1999 Full-bodied, juicy red - down from £5.49 to £ 3.99.

Richardsons, Bowness: Boned & rolled leg of English pork - £1.75 per 500g.

Bowland Bridge Stores: Dates - dried & stoned - 79p per 500g.

Kendal Fisheries: Red sea bream - £4.63 per 1/2 kilo.

Kendal Foodhall: Sweet & sour peppers - 95p per 100g.

Country Harvest, Ingleton: Village Green goats cheese a fresh, clean mild-flavoured but firm texture cheese

made in Cornwall - £1.35 per 100g.

Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Farm-fresh chickens - £1.20 per 1/2 kilo.

Booths: Bells of Lazonby mini stotties - 50% extra free - 87p.

Cranstons, Kendal: Cutlets of locally-reared lamb - special offer pack - £5.99 per 1100g.

A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Morecambe Bay potted shrimps - £1.79 per 57g tub.