DATE: Saturday 12 August, 1995

PLACE: Windemere to Pitlochry

WEATHER: Wet & cooler

Potter (Beatrix that is) and Pottering Jayne in Windermere The girls meet Jemmima Charlotte and Jayne size up the characters Jayne and Charlotte are introduced to Peter Rabbit Sarah and Jemmima Dove Cottage, Ambleside Jayne in Sorn Churchyard by a Bryson headstone A view of the main street of the village of Sorn Opposite the Sorn Church Another view of the main street of Sorn Jayne outside the Sorn Churchyard Sorn

REMARKS: A damp day - the first of the holiday! Unfortunately it is also humid. We find the Beatrix Potter Story attraction, which has delightful tableaux of models of the characters, many at child height and size. We meander around the Lake which is pretty, not as dramatic as Switzerland or Como, and beautifully wooded.

Next stop is Ambleside and Dove cottage - Wordsworth's home. Again, a lovely stone cottage in well-established trees.

We try Keswick, but have missed Hilltop -should have turned at Ambleside.

Onward! We find the village of Sorn by leaving the Motorway. It looks to be a dormitory village and mainly new. There is a Bryson on a farm nearby, and one headstone in the Church graveyard. The Minister's name and address: Reverend George Chalmers, 'The Manse', Sorn Road, Catrine, ph 553057.

I'll try to write.

Cherry Tree cottage here we come.

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