Why a Booktrail?
Walk around the Beatrix Potter locations? Yes please!
Walking with Beatrix Potter
What you need to know before your trail
For many visitors, Beatrix Potter is the most interesting of the Lake District writers. The fact that so many of her stories have clear Lake District locations provides the basis for this book of short easy walks. Follow the adventures of Jeremy Fisher, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Peter Rabbit and many others, actually walking in their footsteps and visiting their lakes and rivers, their houses and gardens.
The 15 walks included in this book are all suitable for young and not-so-young walkers. All have direct connections either to Beatrix Potter stories or to her life as a farmer and conservationist.
Locations
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The Lake District of Beatrix Potter
Hill Top – The house she bought with the proceeds of her writing
The Lake District
Beatrix walked extensively around the Lake District despite there being no guide books and maps etc that exist today. She would walk for pleasure and take time to record the fungi and other specimens of plants she found. Her journey of 1882 records her walking from Wray Castle to Hawkshead. It was this love of nature and natural ability to live amongst it, that she became the famous author and later conservationist she did.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Walking with Beatrix Potter
Author/Guide: Norman Buckley Destination: The Lake District, Beatrix Potter Country Departure Time: 1866 – 1943
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