After visiting the Beatrix Potter Gallery we walked around the tiny town of Hawkeshead. We visited a number of shops and then walked to the church which sits on a little hillock in the midst of the town. From the church we had a lovely view of the surrounding hills (fells) and a glimpse of lake in the distance. Walking around the churchyard we stumbled upon a footpath (one of the many the crisscross the countryside) and decided to follow it a ways. We passed a babbling stream and some lovely fields. And as we mounted a hill we were soon in a small pine forest. The Magic of the Lake district is the close proximity of lake, field, mountain and forest, each rolls effortlessly into the next and all are reachable within a few minutes walking. We carried on the path until we reached the Bridleway (a much longer path the covers most of the area and would undoubtedly take us some distance from the town). We made our way back down ending up in another part of the town. After visiting a few more shops we made our way to the car and on to our lodging for the night near Coniston.
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