caravan, camping & holiday homes guide - thedms

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tastedistrict
Good food and the
great outdoors were
made to go together.
Camp cooking
doesn’t have to mean
charred sausages
and baked beans out
of a tin. In the Lake
District, Cumbria there
are a host of regional
specialities and some
great local producers.
Go from camp
cooking to camping
cuisine.
cooking up a storm
There are some regional specialities
that you have to try, Grasmere
Gingerbread and Cartmel Sticky
Toffee Pudding for instance, or
Cumberland sausages (try those from
B McKays of Ulverston, which won
the Traditional Cumberland Sausage
Competition in 2009). Others have
a bit of twist that might take you
by surprise, like the award-winning
Pork and Caramel Sausage from
Dales Traditional Butchers in Kirkby
Lonsdale, or Hawkshead Relish
Company’s Hot Garlic Pickle.
Buy great food direct from local
producers, like wild boar salami
from Peter Gott at Sillfield Farm,
cheeses from Thornby Moor Dairy,
or real ale from one of Cumbria’s
microbreweries.
And if you can’t wait till supper time,
some artisan bread and a selection of
goodies from award-winning bakery
More? in Staveley or from Cranstons
Cumbrian Food Hall in Penrith is all
you need for a picnic fit for a king.
You can even order your food before
you come, so you can get feasting
as soon as you arrive. Beelocal's
website allows you to order from over
20 different artisans and producers.
The award-winning Westmorland
Farm Shop at Tebay Services has an
order-and-collect service so you can
pick up your provisions on your way up
the motorway (and collect more on the
way home!), while Howbarrow Organics
does a holiday welcome pack with
bread, eggs, bacon, milk, vegetables
and fruit – all organic and locally
sourced.
award winning
products
Every year artisans from the Lake District, Cumbria scoop a fistful of awards in
recognition of the outstanding quality of their produce. Try some of the following
award-winning offerings and find out why for yourself!
Chocolate Orange Curd from Friendly Food and Drink, Mill Yard, Staveley
(Fine Food Producer of the Year, Food Northwest Awards)
Muddies - the Ultimate Brownie from More? The Artisan Baker, Mill Yard, Staveley
(Great Taste Awards 2009)
Strawberry Jam from Hawkshead Relish Company (Great Taste Award 2009)
Hawkshead Bitter from Hawkshead Brewery (CAMRA Champion Beer of Cumbria 2009)
Aztec chocolates from Saunders Chocolates in Penrith (Food Northwest Awards 2010)
Beelocal – real food,
real taste direct from
your local shops
Why not stock up on local produce
and order your shopping online
before your travel!
Beelocal is a great new online
shopping service that enables
visitors to shop online from a
selection of independent food
producers, retailers and artisans in
Cumbria ready for their camping
break!
Simply order online before you
travel and we will do the shopping
for you, ready to be delivered (or
collected form our depot in Kendal)
on your arrival.
For more information visit
www.beelocal.co.uk
There’s a host of superb farm shops
and markets to visit - call in at the
award-winning Low Sizergh Barn
near Kendal or Orton Farmer's Market.
golakes.co.uk/foodanddrink
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