Hawkeshead Ramble

After our Catbells adventure we made an attempt to have lunch at a little cafe in Whinlatter forest only to find it not open on Mondays then we raced to Coniston to try and catch the steam yacht gondola and failed again. There was a bit of an emotional breakdown after this but we pushed on and went to Hawkeshead, home of Beatrix potter where we had a very nice, but unusual walk around the fells outside the town. We parked in Hawkeshead village then made our way through some quaint little villages and up into the fells. This walk took us through some fields, some forest and some storm damaged forests. We saw lots of interesting mushrooms and toadstools on this walk. At the highest point of the walk we were at a top of
latterbarrow fell was a large cairn and a stunning panoramic view of the fells. There was also a view of Windermere lake. We meandered back to Hawkeshead and poked in a few of the shops before heading back to Keswick to get back to Braithwaite in time for our special anniversary dinner at Middle Ruddings, a pub we visited last year on our visit and have been lusting after ever since. We had some Champagne at the B&B and opened presents and then had an excellent meal.