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Ambleside Bar at the historic Drunken Duck pub
The Drive » Heading north ably pretty confection of and botanical paintings
from Coniston, turn right onto whitewashed cottages, (she had a particular
the B5285 up Hawkshead winding lanes and slate fascination with fungi).
Hill. You’ll pass Tarn Hows and roofs. It’s car-free, so you Nearby, make a detour
the Drunken Duck en route to
Hawkshead, about 4 miles east. can wander at will: don’t via the manmade lake
miss the Beatrix Potter of Tarn Hows before
Gallery (NT; www.national- stopping for lunch at
c Hawkshead trust.org.uk/beatrix-potter-gal- the Lake District’s finest
If you’re searching for lery; Red Lion Sq; adult/child dining pub, the wonder-
£6/3; h10.30am-5pm Sat-Thu fully named Drunken
the perfect chocolate-box mid-Mar–Oct), which has a Duck.
lakeland village, look no collection of the artist’s
further – you’ve found it original watercolours 5 p259
in Hawkshead, an improb-

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