Just A Little Walk on the Lite Side
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A Little Walk in the Lake District, England
Short light hearted film with a little touch of humour, following the adventures of two people on their visit in the Lake District, England.
It starts with a visit to the famous Garden and Family house in Cockermouth where William Wordsworth lived during his childhood from 1770 to 1783.
After watching a bee gathering nectar from flowers the pair make a brief visit to 'The River Cocker' and watch two ducks before exploring the 'The Osprey Project', Dodd Wood, Keswick where they watch Twitchers in action, Bassenthwaite Lake lower viewpoint; that is until she's had enough and they move towards Lake Windermere stopping off to see the 'Little Folk' at Low Sizergh Barn before ending the day watching mother duck heard her young; three men in canoes and finally the seagulls fly home.
It starts with a visit to the famous Garden and Family house in Cockermouth where William Wordsworth lived during his childhood from 1770 to 1783.
After watching a bee gathering nectar from flowers the pair make a brief visit to 'The River Cocker' and watch two ducks before exploring the 'The Osprey Project', Dodd Wood, Keswick where they watch Twitchers in action, Bassenthwaite Lake lower viewpoint; that is until she's had enough and they move towards Lake Windermere stopping off to see the 'Little Folk' at Low Sizergh Barn before ending the day watching mother duck heard her young; three men in canoes and finally the seagulls fly home.
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William Wordsworth 1770-1850
Born in Cockermouth, Lake District, England
William Wordsworth (Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850) was a famous English Romantic poet; 'words-worth' being a very apt name for such a famous writer of words.
He was the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson, and was born in the Wordsworth House, Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District, Northwest England; and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth (also a poet, and diarist) was born the following year.
They had little contact with their father, a legal representative of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, but in the little time they spent together William's father did teach him poetry and introduced him to the works of Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser, and William had access to his father's library.
After their mother's death in 1778 their father sent William to Hawkshead Grammar School, Lancashire and Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.
In 1787 Wordsworth made his debut as a writer with the publication of a sonnet in The European Magazine; in the same year went to St John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1791.
He was the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson, and was born in the Wordsworth House, Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District, Northwest England; and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth (also a poet, and diarist) was born the following year.
They had little contact with their father, a legal representative of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, but in the little time they spent together William's father did teach him poetry and introduced him to the works of Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser, and William had access to his father's library.
After their mother's death in 1778 their father sent William to Hawkshead Grammar School, Lancashire and Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire.
In 1787 Wordsworth made his debut as a writer with the publication of a sonnet in The European Magazine; in the same year went to St John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1791.
The Osprey Project
Dodd Wood, Keswick in the Lake District
The Osprey Project at Dodd Wood, Keswick in the Lake District, England is a partnership between the Forestry Commission, Lake District National Park and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), with great support from volunteers.
The aims of the project are to:-
1. Ensure the continued success of breeding ospreys at Bassenthwaite
2. Assist with natural colonisation of Osprey in other parts of the Lake District, and
3. Provide visitors with an opportunity to see and learn more about ospreys in the Lake District
The Ospreys return to Bassenthwaite Lake in 2001 was the result of many years hard work in encouraging them to breed.
With the increase sightings of migrating birds to the Lake District in the late 1990s the idea that Ospreys may once again breed there was the foundation of the Osprey Project; and why in 2001 a nest platform was built in Wythop Woods overlooking Bassenthwaite Lake. All the hard work paid off when, for the first time in over 150 a pair of ospreys nested and successfully reared a chick; and since then the Ospreys have returned each year, using a different nest site in Dodd Wood, to successfully raised one or two chicks.
The aims of the project are to:-
1. Ensure the continued success of breeding ospreys at Bassenthwaite
2. Assist with natural colonisation of Osprey in other parts of the Lake District, and
3. Provide visitors with an opportunity to see and learn more about ospreys in the Lake District
The Ospreys return to Bassenthwaite Lake in 2001 was the result of many years hard work in encouraging them to breed.
With the increase sightings of migrating birds to the Lake District in the late 1990s the idea that Ospreys may once again breed there was the foundation of the Osprey Project; and why in 2001 a nest platform was built in Wythop Woods overlooking Bassenthwaite Lake. All the hard work paid off when, for the first time in over 150 a pair of ospreys nested and successfully reared a chick; and since then the Ospreys have returned each year, using a different nest site in Dodd Wood, to successfully raised one or two chicks.
The Little Folk
Sizergh Farm and Barn
The Dairy Farm continues to this day, and for visitors to the Lake District provides a farm shop with a tea room and craft galleries. Visitors can also learn about the wood chip boiler, using local timber as fuel, for heating and hot water in the barn; see the reed bed showing a natural waste treatment system in action.
The more adventurous are invited to follow the farm trail, past 'The Little Folk' sign for about two miles to see the natural beauty of a rural farm, countryside, woodland and pond.
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Just A Little Walk on the Lite Side
A Little Walk in the Lake District, England
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