Our final stop for the day was a visit to Hill End, where Beatrix Potter wrote a number of books. We had planned an hour visit but took 5 ! We had to queue first to get a parking spot, half an hour, then apply to visit the house, a wait of 2 hours. Finally the return trip of some 8 miles took over an hour because of traffic. It’s just too crowded ! But it was well worth it to see all those places I’d been read to as a child by mum and dad.

Mr McGregors vegetable patch,but no carrots ! Has Peter Rabbit eaten them all 

The letter box used by Peter Rabbit

Her desk with a draft copy of Squirel Nutkin