#AnneLister and her guide James Coates passed through the hamlet of Santon Bridge on the day of a great 20 miles hike, 29th July 1824. The bridge and the inn by the bridge were surely there in 1824 so, of course, we visited them! Soon after, they got lost in sandy lanes, we found

29th July 1824 “then got to a farm house where it being near 10 I would gladly have stopt and slept by the kitchen fireside, for the people, a man and his wife, were very civil – and the woman said she had some milk in the house – but they said there was a a good Inn at Gosforth,

... another #AnneLister stop, at the inn we already visited in 2020, The Lion and the Lamb is still there in #Gosforth! #AnneLister #LakeDistrict

In Calder Bridge we had a pint in the inn where #AnneLister dozed on the sofa while waiting for a pair of horses and a side-saddle to be brought for her from the local landowner, Mr Stanley of Ponsonby Hall. Lovely picturesque old village on a river Calder (reminds of Calderdale)

We also found Mr Stanley's Ponsonby Hall, today known as Pelham house and used as government offices. The gates and the Lodge with the Stanley arms are still there at the entrance to the village, and another bigger Lodge marks the main entrance for the old Hall. Motto of Stanley

By a simple chance it happened that one of the most remote and isolated areas of the #LakeDistrict, the one from Calder Bridge to Ennerdale lake, was the route that #AnneLister rode on enjoying the views towards the coast. We found it untouched but beautiful with a group of

#AnneLister admired Ennerdale, so did we ... #LakeDistrict

Riding to Scale Hill inn where her aunt was waiting for her, #AnneLister passed through Kirkland and Lamplugh, where Saint Michael's church and the impressive gateway at Lamplugh Hall are well worth seeing. There's a peek at Ennerdale from there too. #LakeDistrict

Both Loweswater lake and village are small and picturesque, and as #AnneLister says, the church of St Bartholomew is further away and closer to Crummock lake than Loweswater. In the nearby Kirkstile Inn, I supplied myself with local craft ale. #LakeDistrict

30th July 1824 "returned thro’ the beautiful, rich-looking vale of and pretty village of Lorton" #AnneLister and Aunt Anne Lister (with George and Caradoc, and the hack-horse) return to Keswick from Scale Hill inn via beautiful Lorton vale. We found these satisfying views of it.

The moment in which #AnneLister's #LakeDistrict intertwines with #AnnWalker's #LakeDistrict is in the summer of 1832 when Anne tells Ann of how she got lost near Wastwater and begs her to think of her during her stay there. The isolation and peacefulness of the Lakes in the 1830s

Inscription on Rawsons' tomb in the graveyard of St Michael & All Angels church in Nether Wasdale : Here rest the Bodies of Delia Elizabeth Rawson Stansfeld Rawson who died Nov. 26. 1856. aged 78. Daughter of the above who died July 18. 1870. aged 61. Elizabeth his Wife who

In Memory of Elizabeth eldest Daughter of George Smith of Coniston Esqr. She died August 7, 1806. Aged 29. She possessed great Talents, exalted Virtues, and humble Piety. In the beautiful old town of Hawkshead a small but dear connection with 17 years old #AnneLister ☺️

In #Cockermouth we visited William and Dorothy Wordsworth's birthplace and their early childhood home. The house and the garden are today under the care of the National Trust. Earlier we have also visited Dove cottage, Allan Bank and the old Rectory in #Grasmere and Rydal Mount

#AnneLister's contemporary, scientist and educator, John Dalton (1766 - 1844) was born near #Cockermouth in the village of Eaglesfield. We visited his birthhouse, very old and still standing. I knew of this mention of him in the diaries. 24th March 1819 "John Dalton of

The Moorland Close farm at which Fletcher Christian (1764 - 1793), the sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 in the South Pacific, was born and spent early childhood is still there, near the village of Eaglesfield. It is still very much a working farm. We are grateful

8th September 1837 "from 12 1/2 to 2 1/2 pruning lavender etc. about the rustic chair and cutting and gathering the lavender flowers ... near an hour in my study, assorting the lavender and cutting the stalks shorter — and to one length and left it to dry on my study window

'...[Mme de Boyve] said I had the qualities d'une dame & d'un homme. Professed to like me very much.' [Anne Lister. Paris. 12th October 1824

so looking forward to this 🥰

new installation art in #Canterbury ... #Kent