The Literature Network - Literary tour of the Lakes; Many parts of Britain have links with famous literary figures of the past. In this the first of an occasional series, Arts Editor Philip Key visits the Lake District to the homes of Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.(Features)

Literary tour of the Lakes; Many parts of Britain have links with famous literary figures of the past. In this the first of an occasional series, Arts Editor Philip Key visits the Lake District to the homes of Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.(Features)

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From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date: 20020607
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JUST 200 years ago today on 7 June, 1802, Dorothy Wordsworth sat down at night to complete her diary for that day.

``In the evening I walked with Ellen to Butterslip How and to George Mackareth's for the horse,'' she wrote.

``It was a very sweet evening; there was the cuckow (sic) and the little birds; the copses still injured, but the trees in general looked most soft and beautiful in tufts. William was walking when we came in - he had slept miserably for two nights past, so we all went to bed soon.''

In some ways it was a typical entry by Dorothy, commenting both on ...

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Literary tour of the Lakes; Many parts of Britain have links with famous literary figures of the past. In this the first of an occasional series, Arts Editor Philip Key visits the Lake District to the homes of Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.(Features)

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