Monday, July 30, 2012

Another Summers Day


    Waking up in the Lake District is wonderful. I wish I could stay in this stop for the rest of our trip. I love it here. We drove through the green hills to William Wordsworth’s home. He wrote many of his poems from his home in the hillside. It was gorgeous. Reminded me a lot of Oregon, and girls camp actually, but probably prettier. We then made our way to another famous writer’s home, Beatrix Potter. If you don’t remember, she wrote Peter Rabbit. Her house and gardens were very eloquent. There were even little bunnies bounding around the grass. When you take a tour of her house you can see the places she used as inspiration for her illustrations. They would have the books open to a certain page and you could look at the drawing and then see the exact spot in the room. It was really cool to see that. It made me want to go back and read all these wonderful children stories. Beatrix Potter was also an important figure for the Lake District. She began to buy different farms and lands to give them to the national trust to save them from industrialization. 
    Okay, enough with authors. Sometimes, you just need to do something crazy. Anne and I have worn everything in our suitcases besides one item. Our swimsuits. So this thought led us to swimming in the middle of a lake in England. Our group has some crazy ideas sometime. Surprisingly, the water wasn’t that cold. The sun even came out! A big group of us made our way to the lake, found a good spot to go in and went for in. Swimming with the fish and everything. We were a little hesitant at first but then we started splashing, swimming around and having a good time. It was very fun! And what would a summer be without a dip in the lake? It makes it even better that we were in the Lake District. 

 William Wordsworth's house.  
 At Beatrix Potter's home. Pretty sure that is Peter Rabbit.
Just going swimming.

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