We have been working on getting regional folk music into more mainstream society. WE (the Boat Band, that is) have a new CD out of Cumbrian tunes entitled "A Trip to the Lakes", and I believe it is being(or about to be) stocked by the "Food from the Fells" shop at Forton(Lancaster) service station, on the northbound side. Trouble is I don't know if it's got into the shop, I know it's got as far as the central office of "Made in Cumbria" in Kendal.
    So, if anyone's driving nth up the M6 (or even south, but you'ld have to walk over the3 bridge), would you mind popping into the shop (it's just on the right as you go in, it sells Cumberland sausage and cheese and stuff). And see if there any "Trip to the Lakes" CDs displayed, and report back; because, as it is an entirely new venture, I am extremely keen to see how it's going.And I can't get around Cumbria for a week, I am working down south.
The CDs are going to be going to various Cumbrian tourist place as well, sso any other sightings would be of interest, I'm not entirely sure where they are going to end up.
    Should you buy a copy, note the small print on the back, there is a competition which could win you a bottle of whisky(or the equivalent in herbal teabags).