Beatrix Potter and X men

Windermere is a larger sized village which is situated on the Windermere Lake, which is quite pretty but very busy. We stopped here for a short time before moving onto Hill Top where it was pouring with rain. We ran into the cottage and were greeted with a lovely warm fire that was crackling away in Beatrix’s old fire place. The house is small and cozy and everything that you see is exactly as it was left, apart from the carpets and curtains. It’s a sweet little home and it was the scene for Beatrix’s book “Samuel Whiskers” The illustrations in the book are taken from her house, as if she used the rooms as still lives.
The gardens all look exactly like Mr. McGregor’s garden from Peter Rabbit, a watering can at the end of the vegetable garden and a lovely gate at the head of it; you can’t help but look for Peter in there!

We took a few pics before heading off as the rain was setting in, we had thought we’d go and try for a small walk, but seeing as it was foggy and wet we decided that it was probably for the best if we left for today and instead head off to see the new X men movie in Kendall. We went to a place called the Brewery, which was obviously once a Brewery that has now been converted into an amazing arts center. There are 2 cinema screens, a large theatre, an amphitheatre, has a large outdoor seating area, a café, a restaurant, just an amazing artistic, creative place to be. So many different forms of art and theatre can be presented here, which is lovely.

We made our way back to the B&B where Barbara had supper left over’s for us for dinner, which is so lovely of her, we hadn’t asked or expected to have this waiting for us, but oh my gosh, it was lovely!! We think Barbara deserves to have a Michelin star; her food was so amazing and yummy! Barbara really is a Jill of all trades. She cooks, runs, and is the handy woman to the B&B and is always so warm and lovely and ready for a chat even though she could do with a bloody good break! A lovely woman!

written by  Chris and Emily on May 9, 2009 from Sedbergh, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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