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This post was in the Newsletter 7th October 2026 FLOUR NEWS. Further to the previous newsletter article regarding sourcing grain for our flour we have successfully found a replacement for our plain flour. This has been ground from a variety known as Barrel, which we got from Northumberland. The Coop there has stopped growing this […]

This post is from the Newsletter on 22nd September THIS YEARS GRAIN HARVEST. This year, as you are probably aware, the grain harvest has been very variable across the country. Although the warm dry weather allowed farmers to start and complete it well before normal. But the quality is generally down. The protein levels are […]

This article is from the newsletter 8th September 2026 ANOTHER BEARING CAUSING PROBLEMS. This time last year we had just replaced the toe bearing on the main shaft (see article on the website for more details), this year in August the bearing at the bottom of the stone shaft of the French Burr stones we […]

This is from the news letter 23rd August 2026. MORE ABOUT THE WATER. The water supply has over the last few weeks got rather low. We have been able to continue milling but it has been slow and only small quantities of flour have been produced.   We have been milling over the weekend to […]

MORE ABOUT THE WATER. The water supply to drive the mill is taken off the Cairn Beck. The headrace comes off the beck via a weir next to the the COOP shop. The present structure was built by Matthew and William Eckersley in 1918 according to the bronze plaque on it. THE WEIR AS IT […]

OAT ROLLER RE-BUILT. It has taken a bit longer than was originally planned to renovate the Hopkinson oat roller. This is a self contained piece of machinery that has probably been in the mill since 1875. The renovation has mainly been a process of cleaning the original structure. The only replacement was new wood for […]

SLUICE GATE FAILURE. Last summer during the drought we discovered that the wooden sluice gate, at the side of the cascade, that controls the level of water in the headrace and allows us to use the mill was starting to rot. It was not only the bottom of the actual gate that was showing signs […]

OTHER MILLS ON THE CAIRN BECK. This article was in the newsletter of 17th June 2026. If you would like to know more about the mills history, the goings on, new products or outlets sign up t the newsletter on the website. At present the water supply for the mill comes from the Cairn Beck. […]

WHO MADE THE WHEEL? This was in the newsletter from June 3rd 2026. If you like to keep up to date with happenings at the mill, new outlets and products, and learn more about the history sign up to the newsletter on this website. One of the few pieces of machinery in the mill which […]