Photography & Text © Anna Rubingh
Published in Seasons Magazine (NL) 09-2021 
combined with a culinary series
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#3518 Moss Eccles Tarn
#3518 Moss Eccles Tarn
#2679 Hawkshead
#2679 Hawkshead
#3495
#3495
#2922
#2922
#2292 Lake Windermere
#2292 Lake Windermere
#3598 Lake Windermere
#3598 Lake Windermere
#2793
#2793
#2563
#2563
#2370
#2370
#3475
#3475
#3179 Near Sawrey
#3179 Near Sawrey
#2966 Hill Top
#2966 Hill Top
#2340 Lake Windermere
#2340 Lake Windermere
A short ferry trip (or a longer scenic boat trip) across lake Windermere brings you to the more peaceful side of the lake. The views from the lake are stunning by the way; the big deep blue lake with  forest clad lakesides and the rough fells beyond. Beatrix Potter (the famous children’s book writer and illustrator, but I guess her name needs no further explanation) , who lived and farmed in this region for more than 30 years in the second part of her life after having shaken off her Victorian upbringing, bought big parts of land and several farms in this area preventing it from being spoilt by holiday home developers in the 1930ies. That is probably the most important reason for the area being still quit unspoiled today. After she died in 1943 she left everything she owned  to the National Trust, including over 4,000 acres of land (over 1600 ha.), 17 farms, cottages and herds of Herdwick sheep and cattle together with all her original artworks.
After crossing the lake the quiet countryside on the east side of the lake covers you with peace, quiet and of course an abundance of beautiful English countryside. Small gravelled country footpaths taking you as far as Hawkshead, a pretty, old market town just north of Esthwaite Water, yet another beautiful lake, passing the picturesque old small villages of Far - & Near Sawrey along the way. Real English countryside in plenty with its old farms, green hills, forests and of course sheep, plenty of sheep. Beyond that are the rough fells with  its beautiful views, wherever you look really, and more sheep and cattle. This part of the Lake District brings you the best of both worlds; lovely green hills and English countryside together with rough Lake District fell land with its mesmerizing views. And the funny (and good) part of it all is that it is really quiet, apart from a couple of walkers and the occasional local walking his or her dog or attending his sheep, the trainload of  tourists I met on arrival were nowhere to be found. 
#2606
#2606
#2575
#2575
#2726
#2726
#2356 Lake Windermere
#2356 Lake Windermere
#2425 Near Sawrey
#2425 Near Sawrey
#3465
#3465
#2942
#2942
#3347
#3347
#3550
#3550
#2288 Lake Windermere
#2288 Lake Windermere
#3194
#3194
#3539
#3539
#2435 Near Sawrey
#2435 Near Sawrey
#2423 Near Sawrey
#2423 Near Sawrey
#3524
#3524
#2326 Lake Windermere
#2326 Lake Windermere
#3545
#3545
#3294
#3294
#3597
#3597
#3487 Moss Eccles Tarn
#3487 Moss Eccles Tarn
#2971 Hill Top
#2971 Hill Top
#3266
#3266
#3227
#3227
#3497
#3497
#2447 Esthwait Water
#2447 Esthwait Water
#2629 Hawskhead
#2629 Hawskhead
#2353 Lake Windermere
#2353 Lake Windermere
#2842
#2842
#3286
#3286
#3425
#3425
#3566
#3566
#2813
#2813
#2301 Lake Windermere
#2301 Lake Windermere
#3450 Near Sawrey
#3450 Near Sawrey
#2600
#2600
#3357
#3357
#2462 Esthwaite Water
#2462 Esthwaite Water
#2869 Far Sawrey
#2869 Far Sawrey
#2298 Lake Windermere
#2298 Lake Windermere
#2619 Hawkshead
#2619 Hawkshead
#2683
#2683
#2627 Hawkshead
#2627 Hawkshead
#2714 Hawkshead
#2714 Hawkshead
#2696 Hawkshead
#2696 Hawkshead
#2635
#2635
#2620 Hawkshead
#2620 Hawkshead
#3241
#3241
#2612
#2612
#3451 Near Sawrey
#3451 Near Sawrey
#2350 Lake Windermere
#2350 Lake Windermere
#2907
#2907
#3130
#3130
#3434
#3434
#3316
#3316
#2382
#2382
#2828
#2828
#3132
#3132
#3428
#3428
More on The Lake District & Beatrix Potter in the series 

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