The Drunken Duck Inn at Barngates, Coniston
SHADKIN Says: At the end of another rain sodden day in the Lakes, we were all out of options where to eat out, and had even missed the local provisions stores opening times. The Lake at Coniston seamed like one of Blake's religious paintings. This is the scene of Campbell’s fatal attempt...
Mardai24 Says: Hmm, so many things about Hawkshead were enjoyable. Its smallness, its villageness, the tiny streets and winding lanes, the people, the architecture, the pubs, the real ales, the food. We rented a cottage for two on the edge of the village. Beautiful cottage garden to relax...
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It was the summer of 2011 and we were spending four days in the lake district. We were based in Keswick. We popped into Hawkshead for the afternoon to take a look at Hill Top, the house where Beatrix...
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the prettyist village in the lakes

we stop off in hawkshead to use the toilet on our way back home from keswick and to have a pint in the pub of which ther are many in hawshead for a small village
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Hilltop - home of Beatrix Potter - near Hawkshead

We decided to visit Hilltop, the home of Beatrix Potter in the village of Near Sawrey, Nr Hawkshead. The house was bought by Potter in 1905 for £2,805 from the profits of her first published books...
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