Preparations are underway for a popular annual turkey sale.

Mitchell’s Livestock Auction Mart will hold the event from 10.30am to noon next Saturday, December 22.

Customers from all over the county are expected at the traditional sale, which has been held in Cockermouth for more than 100 years.

A selection of dressed and rough plucked turkeys, also geese, chickens and other poultry will be for sale at the livestock centre. More than 330 entries are expected.

There will also be vegetable and Christmas decoration stalls. Greysouthen Young Farmers will be selling holly wreaths in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance.

About 260 birds went under the hammer last year, including a 34lb turkey. Some of the highest bids included £100 for a goose.