Sharing the farm lanes with tractors is not as relaxing as you'd imagine,but we did find plenty of opportunity to rectify that, stopping at Wray Castle. It is a mock Gothic Castle built for a wedding gift by a husband for his bride. It took 7 years to build and she refused to live in it! I say what a b...at. It has magnificent views and who wouldn't want to live in a Castle!!?
Oh well, it takes all types I guess. Moving on, we visited the home that Beatrix Potter bought after her first Peter Rabbit book was published. However, she never lived there much, but used it to write her books. It is in the quaint village of Hill Top.
William Wordsworth's home village was our next port of call in Grasmere. I think we would have done him proud with our burger n beer lunch special!
Our day ended with an amble in Ambleside.
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