Just seen this though not one of you
Is there no one brewery or distillery (sp?) up there that would be prepared to cough up and have a 'proper' sign made for the place?
There is a Drunken Duck hotel in the Lake District near Hawkshead is it worth you contacting them?
http://www.drunkenduckinn.co.uk/
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