Today, I will introduce my home town (again!)
I was born and raised the market town of Keswick in the English Lake District. The town has a population of 5,000 people and the main industry is tourism. There are many hotels,restaurants and gift shops.
Keswick was made popular by the Lake Poets and later on by the story of
Peter Rabbit.
It is set in a lovely valley with mountains on all sides. It is situated between two lakes. Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite. Derwentwater is quite a large lake and has a regular boat service. The area around the lake is owned by the National Trust and is unspoilt.
Keswick is a bit inconvenient to get to. There is no train service. But there are stations at Penrith and Windermere which are a short bus-ride away.
The first pencils were made there in the pencil factory and there is a stone circle just outside the town about 4500years old.
Popular things on sale in the town are goods made of slate(local stone) Border Collie goods. Woolen clothes and sheepskin and Cumberland Sausage.
One day you might have the chance to go there. I hope so.
3 comments:
What's a view!
I'm speechless with seeing such great landscape of pictures.
hello. I went to Hakone on friday and saturday in a row. but.....it was rainy. so I didn't enjoy the view.but, the pictures that Nick gave us made me very happy! I enjoyed them very much! thanks.
Hakone two days in a row?
Musical events?
You must be famous up there!
How did they go?
Akiko also. How did your concert go?
My musical weekend? I played the guitar in front of the dog for five minutes until it escaped and my fingers went sore!
Rain again tomorrow? Sigh!
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