William Wordsworth at Allan Bank.
Last week I took myself off to Keswick and spent a quiet week taking my camera out and about and also reading, writing, scrapbooking and painting. It was great! On the Tuesday it looked to be the best day of the week weather wise so I got the bus to Grasmere, a 20 minute bus ride from Keswick to stroll around the ancient village that is so closely associated with William Wordsworth and his family. I wanted to visit Allan Bank ,the house on the hill , overlooking Grasmere ,that he and his family rented for a few years after they left Dove Cottage as it was becoming too crowded for their growing family. So after buying some tasty Gingerbread from the famous shop I set off up the little lane that runs up from the village centre. It's a lovely walk and probably very little has changed since William walked along this way each day to the village . Autumn was turning the trees to russet and gold and all around ther...