Wednesday, 2 September
Got up early to avoid a local power cut and zipped up to Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's cottage. The garden and interiors were very pretty, and were used by Beatrix in many scenes in her books. We bought a slew of crap from the shop too - cups, books and magnets.
Next we went to another National Trust property, but they had erratic admission hours, and it was raining again, so we pulled a long haul aound Derwent Water and up to Keswick to see a special museum with the cars from various films. The owner clearly hates children, and the whole affair was rather depressing, even though it was great collection (Batmobile, the time-travelling DeLorean, Kitt, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang etc...).
On the way out of town we stopped at the Castlerigg Stone Circle, then went to William Wordworth's home at Rydal Mount (by Rydal Water). Amazingly, it was already late afternoon and we were wet and tired, so popped down to Lake Coniston for a cup of tea and a scone. The cafe was named after the K& Bluebird, and we were able to read some newspaper clippings about the discovery and retrieval of the wreckage.
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