Famous writers connected with the English Lake District
This evening, I am reprising a tour which connected with William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. This morning we departed our lodgings in Ambleside and then drove a short distance to Grasmere to join the 10.00 am guided tour of Dove Cottage. Here a very competent guide provided insight into life and living conditions of the (large) Wordworth family. The tenor of the home was characterised by stone floors, dark panelled rooms, coal fires and artefacts and furniture belonging to the family. Wordsworth portrait Dove Cottage interior Dove Cottage exterior Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a leading English romantic poet who helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature. He was closely assisted by his sister, Dorothy. He wrote lyrical poems and ballads and had a close affinity with the Lake District. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is possibly the most famous lyric poem by Wordsworth. The poem was inspired by an event on 15 April 1802 in which Wordsworth and his sister Do...