Lakes district

First stop was Keswick. After a lovely dinner cooked by Paul we went for an evening stroll down by the stream and through the town centre. The back drop provided by the mountains was very picturesque. And we saw about 8 – 10 lambs having a field day, running around kicking their little legs, you can see the video of the thrilling action on our video page. To top off our walk we had a delicious gelato! Mmhmmm.

We woke up to pouring rain so we slept in a bit longer and cruised along getting ready. We thought we would go check out Wordsworth House in Cockermouth which was the childhood home of the poet William Wordsworth in around the 18^th century. This was a lovely little house and in the kitchen they had baked goodies that would have been eaten in the 18^th century. In the dining room one of the maids read some of the poetry written by William and gave us more insight into his life.

Driving on, we went on one of the walks around the Buttermere area. The Lakes District is very beautiful and there are so many walks to do. After the walk and feeling rather peckish, we thought we would go out for a nice meal at our next stop, Ambleside, which is such a cute little town. We had a lovely meal and great service at the Glasshouse and feeling rather merry headed back to our little van.

Our last stop in the Lakes District was Hill Top, a time capsule of Beatrix Potter’s life. When Beatrix passed away in 1943 she left a number of her houses to the national trust to look after. The house is close to how it would have been when Beatrix stayed there and is full of her favourite things. Every room contains a reference to a picture in a ‘tale’. Very cool to see the house and where some of her inspiration came from.

Pictures from our walk in Keswick

The lambs running around

Keswick town centre

Wordworth's house and garden

Trying to scare the birds away

Paul listening to some of William's poems in the summer house

Chickens running free at the house

Paul trying to write with quill and ink

Pictures from our walk around Buttermere

Ambleside - this is where we parked for the night

Part of the town centre

Little house over the stream

Beatrix Potter's house

Some bunny rabbits hopping about in the garden

Looking up towards the house from the garden