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The sorry tale of Peter Rabbit, The National Trust and a cynical betrayal; as beatrix potter's hill farm could be turned into holiday cottages.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20051014
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Byline: ROBIN PAGE

FORGET the calm and tranquillity of the Lake District - the valleys, buzzards circling overhead, the shepherds and their flocks, the stone villages tucked in the hills, and stretches of shimmering water - farmers and workers in this most wonderful piece of England are in utter despair.

They feel betrayed because the National Trust, the largest landowner in the Lake District and charged with preserving its beauty, has decided to break up one of its most important and famous possessions - High Yew Dale Farm in the heart of the fells - a farm bequeathed by ...

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