Six Words: Tension, Duty, Desert, Carrot, Tolerate, Exhibition
In August of 2010 my wife and I visited “The World of Peter Rabbit” exhibition in Bowness-on-Windermere which, as you probably all know, is in the lakes district in the northwest of England. It is on the east side of Lake Windermere. In case you still can’t place it, on the opposite side of Lake Windermere are the villages of Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey. Far Sawrey is the village that is the one that is closer to Bowness-on-Windermere. Bowness-on-Windermere is northwest of Mitchelland. It is very close to the intersection of Ray Rigg Road and Lake Road, but Lake Road becomes Crag Brow for a bit in that area. While you’re visiting, you may enjoy a stay nearby at The Angel Inn where you will have views of Lake Windemere and the fells of Claife Heights and Latterbarrow beyond.
It becomes almost your duty to walk around the area and explore places like the White House and the Magic Circle and The Hole in the Wall. You’ll have a harder time finding a high rise building here than you would finding a waterfall in the desert. Within the exhibit, smoking and other crude behavior is not tolerated.
The exhibit features a life-size Peter Rabbit dressed in his blue jacket and with a carrot in each hand, carrots which would undoubtedly have been stolen from Mr. McGregor’s garden. And here, dear reader, is where the tale takes an unexpected turn. Noticing that we were the only ones in the room at the time, Denise tried to take one of Peter’s carrots! The tension in the room was palpable and, as we felt Mr. McGregor’s presence, the photo was captured!