Cockermouth

It started as another wet day so, rather than walking, I drove to Cockermouth via the Honister Pass and Buttermere to visit William Wordsworth's childhood home by using my National Trust membership for the first time. The house was laid out as it would have been in the late 18th century. In a shelter in the garden, his poems were being read on a recording.
After walking down Main Street to see the marks on buildings showing how high the floods in 2009 or 2015 had reached, I decided to drive to the coast because the sun had come out. However, shortly after leaving Cockermouth, the weather closed in and, by the time I reached St Bee's Head, I had the headlights on due to the sea fog. The blustery, drizzly conditions meant that it wasn't a day for the National Trust cliff walk to Whitehaven. So I had a soup and a roll at the beach-front cafe.
I returned to Seatoller via Whitehaven and Keswick, and spent the afternoon in the hotel.
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