GPS took us in circles around Haworth but we did manage a quick visit to the Bronte Parsonage behind the church and large graveyard with heaps of beautiful trees. Haworth village is all small cobbled streets and difficult to manouvre in. There is a very large wind turbine up on the hill behid the village and we stopped underneath it, turned engine off and opened the car windows so we could all hear any noise from it –sort of soft swishing sound which I guess could get annoying if you were close to it for long periods of time.
Off to Lake District and after an irritating traffic jam due to road works arrived at Hawkeshead in Cumbria and then visited Beatrix Potters house at Hilltop at Near Sawrey (free on our Historic Places Trust cards!) Beautiful cottage just as she had directed it be left with original letter with Peter Rabbit story and lots of the furniture in the house features in illustrations in her books. Great National Trust volunteers in every room telling
Dash up the M6 motorway in pouring rain ( only 2 hours late ) and met up with Paul and John in middle of Glasgow about 7 pm -to the park where festival opening had been to drink beer –then to amazing restaurant –L had haggis, neeps and tatties then H back on train with Paul, and John went in car to guide the others to their home in West Dumbartonshire where we had an extremely comfortable night.
Off to Lake District and after an irritating traffic jam due to road works arrived at Hawkeshead in Cumbria and then visited Beatrix Potters house at Hilltop at Near Sawrey (free on our Historic Places Trust cards!) Beautiful cottage just as she had directed it be left with original letter with Peter Rabbit story and lots of the furniture in the house features in illustrations in her books. Great National Trust volunteers in every room telling
Dash up the M6 motorway in pouring rain ( only 2 hours late ) and met up with Paul and John in middle of Glasgow about 7 pm -to the park where festival opening had been to drink beer –then to amazing restaurant –L had haggis, neeps and tatties then H back on train with Paul, and John went in car to guide the others to their home in West Dumbartonshire where we had an extremely comfortable night.
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