On a beautiful sunny day we headed to Grasmere, a lovely town in the Lake District, to find both Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount, two houses where the poet William Wordsworth lived and wrote. We took a road up a steep hill and came to a sign that said Rydal Hall. We turned in and found a parking lot behind a beautiful stone building. We quickly realized this was not Wordworth’s house but what awaited us was a spectacular formal landscape and a nature walk. We both started clicking our cameras and couldn’t get enough of the scenery.
Rydal Hall is a bed and breakfast but its gardens are open to the public. The formality of the upper tier contrasts with the natural look below where sheep were grazing and a short walk into the woods revealed a waterfall. Take a look.
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| The formal garden of Rydal Hall. |
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The flowers were still blooming beautifully in September.
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| The fountain was dancing in the sunlight. |
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| Sundials are a rare sight these days. |
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| Baa baa black sheep. |
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We walked to the lower level and found a gate that we could open and there were many
spots to sit and just enjoy nature. |
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| I had to lean out over the river to get a picture of the waterfall. |
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| A stone building was at the end of the path. |
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