Ambleside

The Youth Hostel

Ambleside is a beautiful town. It sits within the Lake District and borders the largest lake in Britain, Lake Windermere. The window from my hostel bedroom overlooked the charming scenery and lake. Ambleside was my favorite part of the North Trip because it was so tranquil and for lack of a better word, gorgeous. We took a boat ride across the entire lake while someone read the poetry of Wordsworth and a story from one of Beatrix Potter’s books. While we were listening two fighter jets flew right over us. They were extremely loud and flew really close to ground level. Our boat driver said that they must have been either the German or English air force just out practicing.

While in Ambleside we took a hike up to Dove Cottage. Dove Cottage was the home to the English poet William Wordsworth. Wordsworth has a lot of work that reflects upon nature and now I understand why.

We also made it to Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top Farm. She is famous for writing children books. The most popular in her collection was Peter Rabbit. She became wealthy independently from her work as an author. She purchased Hill Top Farm and a couple others near it to preserve the natural beauty of the countryside. I admire her because she ran the farms herself hiring people to withhold all the necessary tasks and involving herself in the work. I’m sure she also received a lot of inspiration for her animal talking stories at Hill Top Farm.