After a long day drive from Inverness (which was warm and dry for a change) we arrived at Ambelside (which was cool and wet as usual). The last section of the drive was via a road descriptively named “The Struggle” The struggle is about one and a little bit car widths, has stone fences either side and is the default resting space for wayward sheep, so it’s typical of most roads in the Lake District. By chance when booking this section of the grand tour of everything, we booked four nights at Ambleside which turns out to be the hot spot of tourism in the Lakes District of England as it is at the head of Lake Windemere, England’s largest lake. Could be OK, Helen Beatrix Potter liked it. Helen was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. “Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter”.
But that’s more than enough children’s business, we’re here for the pictures.
By the Way, what you may not know about Beatrix Potter is that she became a very highly respected sheep breeder and farmer and when she died on 22 December 1943, she left fourteen farms and 4000 acres of land to the National Trust together with her flocks of Herdwick sheep.
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