Taken from the 31st October 2025 Newsletter We have had another look in the head race especially the control gate which hasn’t been closing properly. After cleaning some silt out of the mechanism it now shuts better. The wall of the mill beside the headrace has obviously leaked from historical times, with a drain being […]
This article was in the Newsletter 9th October 2026 PORRIDGE OATS October 10th is International Porridge Day. Most people think that porridge is made from oats, but, porridge can be made from a wide range of other grains. But we are going to look at oats. What are porridge oats? Well this is where the […]
Taken from the Newsletter 2nd October 2025 THE MILL IN THE PAST Wouldn’t it be nice to see what the mill looked like back in time! Unfortunately there appears to be very few pictures of the mill known. In fact to date I have only found three pictures that show part of the mill and […]
From the Newsletter 23rd August 2025 THE WATER POWER As mentioned above the dry weather has allowed us to look at some parts of the mill which are sometimes not always accessible. One of these is the tunnel that takes the headrace to the waterwheel. The headrace under normal circumstances has water standing in it […]
UPDATE ON MILL Taken from the Newsletter 1st August 2025 Well the new bearing appears to be working without problems, so it was decided to replace the shaft on the middle and upper floors so the sack hoist could be re-instated. This sounds a simple and easy process and we sort of set aside a […]
NEW BEARING IN Taken from the Newsletter 28th July 2025 The call came from Complete Engineering Services on Tuesday evening that they had completed the new bearing. It was collected early Wednesday and after a few trials and tribulations we eventually succeeded to get it back in place. The clearances to allow us to replace […]
TROUBLE AT MILL TAKEN FROM NEWSLETTER 7TH JUNE 2025 If the problem we have been having milling for the last few weeks due to the lack of water, we now have another major problem. The bearing at the bottom of the main shaft has started squeaking. This bearing is very inaccessible without dismantling a significant […]
LONGER CLICK AND COLLECT HOURS ON FRIDAY We are increasing the open hours for click and collect at the mill on a Friday to 6.30 pm. Please use this service.
Cumbria, due to its climate, is not known for the regular production of good quality bread wheat. But occasionally it does happen. Eden Yard at Plumpton have been growing wheat that has been used for making bread making flour. After a couple of trials by our baker Neville we have decided to change our basic […]
We have recently had a number of requests for a wholemeal plain flour. So we have heeded the demands and have milled some of the soft wheat variety Barrel which we use for our white plain flour through the carborundum stones to make some nice fine wholemeal flour for you. This will be available either […]
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