Its Halloween and to celebrate the season of autumn and the coming of winter what could be better than a recipe for Hubble Bubble Hash.

Take some left over sunday roast, ideally beef, lamb or pork, cube up the meat that you have left over.

Take some Bacon and chop into pieces, an onion roughly chopped, fry these off in a little olive oil, take out and set aside, fry some cubed par boiled potatoes until crispy, return the onion and bacon to the pan with the cubed meat, you can add some left over cabbage greens or some fozen peas if you wish, a good splash of Hawkshead Relish and a handful of chopped parsley. Stir until all cooked through and good and hot. Serve with a lightly fried egg and a hunk of freshly baked bread.

Yum Yum.

October Fest in Hawkshead

Already it is the 1st of October - time is speeding along, October is a lovely month in the Lake District as the trees turn through all the colours and the weather is often suprisingly good, we chose to get married in October (25 years ago!) and I have been looking through a newspaper from then that I have kept, my goodness how times have changed. Saturday night TV consisted of 3.2.1 and Noels House Party - no wonder we went out alot. Plus there were only 4 channels still even then. House prices were amazing with a 4 bedroom house in the Lakes with views for around £85,000 - put another 0 on it now! Yet I noticed also an advert for a new Maestro car which was £6,400 which seems alot even by todays standards !

The leaves are turning here now and the sun is shining, we are all sitting outside for lunch enjoying the late summer, the shop is busy but less frantic than the height of the season, so if you are thinking of a trip to the Lakes, come now it is absolutely fantastic.

On the 24th we will be having a fabulous Great Tasting Day at the Hawkshead Relish shop with lots of producers to chat to and lots of goodies to taste, plus we will be making up hampers for Christmas so you can select your products and have them made up whilst you wait. Go on make a weekend of it.