Lake Windermere, in the Lake District. Photograph: Corbis

He has served all sorts of people over the years, including Valerie Singleton, Simon Cowell, The Corrs and a tramp called Dave. After almost a quarter of a century running Darryl's cafe, in Windermere, Darryl Hopwood is retiring at the relatively young age of 45.

In the Westmoreland Gazette, he recalled the memorable occasion when he needed 280 eggs as the Doncaster Knights and Huddersfield Giants rugby teams arrived en masse and asked for eight each for breakfast. Hopwood also told of running across the road chasing a customer who had apparently left a camera behind, only to be told it wasn't his. He looked around and found another flustered customer chasing after him for the camera.

"I'll have very mixed feelings when I finally shut the door," he said. "Sad to be going but happy to move on with the next chapter of my life, spend more time with my family, get up mountains whilst I still can, get a dinghy and learn to sail." Continue reading...

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