On the Trail of Beatrix Potter
Train, Bus, and Ferry to Hill Top Farm

As part of our Oxford and Beyond: British Children's Fantasy Writers class, we went beyond Oxford to visit Beatrix Potter's home at Hill Top Farm.

We got up at 5 am to begin the journey to the Lake District.
Train journey was Oxford to Birmingham to Oxenholme to Windermere rail station.  We then caught the ferry at Bowness-on-Windermere.

We took the ferry across Lake Windermere. Our tickets included a bus to the ferry, the ferry, and the bus to Hill Top for £10.70.		We ate lunch at the Tower Bank Arms. I had a cheese and onion sandwich and a huge bowl of potatoe wedges.
Our bus stop We got tickets at 12:45 pm for 1:45 pm.		Entrance to Hill Top The weather was clear while we were there!
Hill Top was very nice.  The house is small but authentic (all items owned by Beatrix Potter). We entered at 1:45 pm and were done by 2:15 pm.		The gardens were also pretty!
Our class at Hill Top! (I'm in the red shirt on the left)		Our bus back to the ferry
Another view of our ferry		The walk from the ferry to the train station was pleasant. (It's a 30 minute walk.)
We caught the 4:30 pm train to Oxenholme and the 4:53 train to Birmingham.