Grasmere in general

I have been to New Zealand. It is stunning. Breathtakingly stunning. Staggeringly stunning. Absolutely completely "to die for" stunning (whole new set of reviews on its way shortly. So when my best friend in the whole wide world (literally, i think a seperate hemisphere counts as the whole wide world) announced he was coming to visit from afore mentioned amazing kiwi country we quickly entered into a competition of "my place is better than your place." My only issue was that I knew I was about to loose, massively with an air ticket to NZ riding on it. This was about to get expensive... So i racked my tiny little brain for the ...  Read the complete review

****A village steeped in literary tradition**** The village of Grasmere situated in the heart of the English Lake District will of course be forever associated with the great poet William Wordsworth 1770-1850 who lived here at Dove Cottage for a period of 8 years at the peak of his writing powers, during which time he penned his most famous piece, the beautiful and evocative "I wandered lonely as a cloud". All quite familiar I hear you cry, but I'm pretty sure you didn't know that Grasmere is in fact the very place that inspired children's TV icon Postman Pat's home village of Greendale! So with that revelation fresh in the ...  Read the complete review

Keswick is often regarded as one of the most beautiful places in the UK and rated by the staff of the American credit agency Standard & Poor as one of the most fabulous places on earth. Keswick is known as the town that has it all – and rightly so. Surrounded by the English Lake District Park, which consists of some 860 square miles of incredibly idyllic countryside. Keswick has always inspired philosophers, social reformers, artists and poets, such as Ruskin, Walpole, Coleridge, Heaton-Cooper, Wordsworth and Southey. If ever there was a town surrounded by magic, myth and lore then this is definitely it. The countryside has been shaped by a history of ...  Read the complete review

Grasmere. I may not have been to Grasmere recently but in my lifetime I have visited many times both for day visits and for holidays in the area. Grasmere is a tiny village in the Lake District, Cumbria. Grasmere is well known as the place where William Wordsworth, the poet lived from 1799 to 1808 in a house called Dove cottage on the edge of the village. He also lived in other properties in the village, Dove cottage is open to the public and next to it is a Wordsworth museum. William Wordsworth and his wife Mary are both buried in St Oswald’s church. Sadly to say because of the links to Wordsworth this village has become a ...  Read the complete review

A few weeks ago a friend of mine decided to drive up to Castlerig stone circle. An opinion on that will be coming later. Happy but furiously cold after stomping around muddy fields it was suggested that our Sunday shenanigans would not be complete without a bite to eat in nearby Grasmere. I had never been to Grasmere and Goddess forgive me but I completely forgot that this was the place where Wordsworth had lived and been inspired by. I have always adored his poetry so I don't know why I forgot this. He and wife Mary lived in the village and were buried here. We arrived in Grasmere around 2pm and I was immediately struck by the peace and beauty of ...  Read the complete review