Old Warbuton Hall

Last stop for the long day.

this English Heritage Site

It is the remains of and old Rectory

we were in an out in 5 minutes

Warm showers and good food at the hotel in the Hotel.

Townsend - Troutbeck

This 17th Century farm hosue has been with the NT since 1948.

IT has been setup as it would have been in the 1900's

This wondered home place have seen some events in it time. 

It was very dark Kitchen but I had to take a picture of where the hams were stored.

The the 17th century Bed

And what was the Pantry

But it was across the road where there was a 16th Century famr building still in use. 

Inside were Ewes with new lambs

As for the views. They were breath taking.

lunch at vegatain - Chesters by the River

Jennifer had been told of a Cafe by the river.

Chesters by the River, It was raining and in the middle of No where, but we still had to wait for an hour for a seat. The cafe was Vegetarian place.

if all Vegetarian menu were like this one, I would be one myslef.

Delicious food and surroundings were fantastic.

Wray Castle

Wray Castle is an Usual Castle, It is a purpose built Holiday Castle built in the 1800's

As is was raisning I didn't get pictures.

But the castle is an importnat to the lake district

As a child Beatrix Potter came with her family for 6 months as a holiday.

from that day forward, Beatrix had a love for the area that was to last.

Inside is now a a childerns exploration place, plenty of place to hide and have fun.

It is not your usual National Trust place. 

This place is a picnic house for kids.

So we came and went.

We wanted to get to Townsend. A famr house on the far side of Windemere.

Hawkshead - Beatrix Potters other studio.

Hawkshead is a small village between Hilltop and Wray Castle.

This where Beatrix Potters Husband had has office 

William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead

They were only married for 30 Years. LOL

This beautiful village appears in many of her 23 Books.

It is also believed that the picture of Mr Mcgregor was of her husband.

He loved her dearly and let her do what ever she wanted to do.

Another ticket box done.

Beatrix Potters Home - Hilltop

Once we Crosse the ferry across the lake we went off to Beatrix Potters Home called Hilltop. 

The beautifullvillage in the heart of the Lake disctrict is a Mecca for Beatrix Potter Fans.

So we made sure we were there early in and arrived soon after it had arrived.

So still had to wait an hour before we could go through the house.

This gave us a chnace to explore the village

Like the house of miss Kitty

The Mailbox Peter Rabbit used to post letters

The Liitel store is now a Home

The home of Mr Gregor

Many of the homes she also used.

The sigbn was to warn drivers that this was Beatrix Potter area 

and watch out for day dreaming tourist that weren't watching what they were doing

 So wewhead to the house, the smae as the kittens had done.

Jennifer even warmed herself up by the same fireplace

Throughout the house was little drawing that she had made that went into her books.

This was her Main room for guests and it made her look like a old local.

With Drawing from her Father.

Obvously where her passion came from

With views of the local village

Upstiar was where she worked.

And slept.

She was a strange lady that loved the lake district and the people of this area owe her so much.

She was a very wealthy Woman that had the means to protect what she loved.

Windermere in th morning

Carnforth in the morning showed us today was going to be a great day. 

We were off to Beatrix Potter country

Once at Winderemere, the wind was lifting, and the views were improving

The lake was being impressive.

Only issue was everything was closed, it was 9:00 

in the morning and it was still closed on a holiday weekend.

Plenty of tourists like us looking for somewhere to find breakfast.

I was very disappointed..

Jennifer found the offical Peter Rabbit shop where 

she was restrained herself and purchase a cake stand.

At the lake edge, the tourist fed the birds and waited for the tours to being.

So we set off for the ferry to get across the lake.

The ferry ride took less then 5 minutes and wind off the lake was freezing.

Hilltop. Here we come