After our night at the delightful Ees Wyck country house, we walked five minutes down the road to visit the home Beatrix Potter purchased as an adult. Beatrix was a conservationist and upon her death she left the house, along with many, many acres of land to the National Trust. She gifted the home & land so long as it was all left unspoiled.
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| Beatrix Potter's country house |
The home was quite tiny and dark, but the weather outside was worse, so we were happy to duck in for a half hour or so.
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| Beatrix Potter's garden |
After visiting Beatrix Potter's home, we drove north to find a circle of standing stones built around 3200 BC. The stones are now referred to as Castlerigg stone circle.
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| Castlerigg stone circle |
Seeing as it was pouring down rain, there weren't many visitors. We had a fun time imagining how the Neolithic Celtic people would have used standing stones such as these as a meeting place for various tribes, religious services and/or sacrifices, or as a portal through time and space! :-)
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| Bill inside Castlerigg stone circle |
We took a walk after visiting the stone circle. I'm not quite sure where we were, or if we could ever find it again, but it sure was pretty!
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| Walking in the rain |
We also stumbled upon a "new" public waterworks building that was built in 1880. The folks who had it built wanted it to look old timey, so they fashioned it to look like a castle guard house. The plaque out front made sure everyone knew this was a new building. Because, y'know, 1880 was just last week!
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| Random "new" public works building (circa 1880) |
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