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Cornwall Bedruthan Steps
connections: among the The Drive » Drive northwest
b Lake District many writers who found on the A591 to join the A595
to Carlisle. Then take the A689
National Park inspiration here are and A69 northeast to Walltown
William Wordsworth,
The Lake District (or Samuel Taylor Coleridge, along Hadrian’s Wall (72 miles
Lakeland, as it’s com- Arthur Ransome and, of altogether).
monly known round course, Beatrix Potter,
these parts) is by far a lifelong lover of the
the UK’s most popular Lakes, whose delightful c Hadrian’s Wall
national park. Ever since former farmhouse, Hill Hadrian’s Wall is one of
the Romantic poets ar- Top (NT; %015394-36269; Britain’s most revealing
rived in the 19th century, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ and dramatic Roman
its postcard panorama hill-top; adult/child £10/5, ad- ruins, its 2000-year-old
of craggy hilltops, moun- mission to garden & shop free; procession of aban-
tain tarns and glittering hhouse 10am-5.30pm Mon- doned forts, garrisons,
lakes has stirred visitors’ Thu, 10am-4.30pm Fri-Sun, towers and milecastles
imaginations. It’s awash garden 10am-5.45pm Mon-Thu, marching across the wild
with outdoor opportuni- 10am-5pm Fri-Sun), inspired and lonely landscape of
ties, from lake cruises to many of her tales includ- northern England. This
mountain walks. ing Peter Rabbit. wall was about defence
Many people visit and control, but this
for the region’s literary 4 p233, p259 edge-of-empire bar-
rier also symbolised the

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