Thursday, July 11, 2013

Lakes District & Beatrix Potter

Heading north from Preston we went through the Lakes District. This is the first lake we came to, Lake Windermere.
Here's another:

This area is where Beatrix Potter lived on a farm. Here's the house:

Here is some of the garden area for the farm. We were told that Beatrix preferred to enter the house by going through the garden.

Here are some fields nearby:



As with everywhere we have been, driving is a challenge:

But the views are worth it.



2 comments:

  1. AH!! you went to beatrix potter's house! jealous. you watched 'miss potter', didn't you? she's pretty awesome.

    everything is so gorgeous!

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  2. did you get to go inside her house?? i heard that they've left everything untouched and that her muddy boots are still there in the house! so cool.

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