A Successful Search

Dad, Ted,  Seamus and Granny went in search of the places where Little Lucie and Mrs Tiggy-winkle lived. In her book, The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle, Beatrix Potter says that  Lucie lives in a farm called Little-town. Grannie, who lives close to the Lake District suggested a day out in Newlands Valley, because she knew that the book was set in Newlands and that Little-town nestled under the delightfully named Catbells mountain.

 Ted and Seamus in Newlands with Catbells in the distance

Ted, Seamus, Dad .... and the other member of the party, Snoop the dog

We found Little-town farm with no difficulty, and were trying to work out the angle from which Miss Potter had painted it, but fortunately, the farmer who owned it told us that she actually drew a farmhouse further down the valley. So off we went, down twisting single track roads, and sure enough we found the original.

Seamus and Ted in front of Skelgill Farm

Ted is holding up the book, open at the picture which is supposed to be Littletown. Apart from the colour on the doors, very little has changed

After seeing Littletown and Skelgill, we drove back up the valley, heading for the pass- Newlands Hause. All the farmers were gathering their sheep off the fells for clipping, and we were surrounded by a river of sheep.

Having driven through the sheep, we chugged further up the valley and spotted a waterfall in the distance.

Seamus was very excited and wanted to walk right up to it.

After spending a little time looking at the waterfall, which is at the top of the pass, we headed down towards Buttermere, and eventually home.

Ted spotted this odd looking tree, built into the wall. It looks like something out of The Lord of the Rings