What a day it was on Saturday, March 21st. So many bakers got in touch with us to ask if there was flour available. It really made us aware that baking is such a popular leisure activity and, that for many, Heage Windmill Flour is the flour to use.
With Saturday March 21st having a good wind forecast, and with it already scheduled as a milling day – plus the fact that we already had about 60 bags of flour on the shelves – we decided to open the mill specially for flour sales.
Amazingly the shelves were very soon all but empty as baking enthusiasts flocked to the mill. It was then that the decision was made to bag and sell the flour which was currently being milled – normally the bagging of the flour would be on a separate occasion.
Over 100 bags were sold in total. The shop closed at 2.00pm but the milling went on until 4.00pm.
While the shop was busy selling flour David Land set up a small bric a brac on a mill wall. This added to the great fun feeling of the morning.
Some visitors were disappointed when the flour ran out but in the lovely sunshine there was a great spirit of joie de vivre, much needed in these anxious times.
