Lake District: Daffodil Lake District

Monday, July 13, 2015

Daffodil Lake District

daffodil lake district

WILLIAM Wordsworth’s famous Daffodils poem has been reproduced on Lake District slate for a garden tribute to The Prince of Wales. The opening stanza of the 1807 epic “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud,” has been inscribed on a large tablet of 450-million Historic ruins still stand As we walk, rows of yellow daffodils springing from the ground remind us of what once was here. Beneath the base of a tall hill, water pours from West Ritter Spring into a concrete pool that once fed a 5-acre lake where transient “WOW, look at the weather outside now. You don’t mind, though, when you’re in somewhere chilled like this.” So Caroline summed up the soothing atmosphere of the Daffodil Hotel & Spa in Grasmere, Cumbria. We’re swaddled in bath robes, sprawled on A website has been set up to monitor when the first daffodils of spring blossom in the Lake District. It was created so "virtual visitors" will know exactly when the flowers that inspired the poet William Wordsworth are spotted for the first time in 2006. The Lake District is exceptionally well catered for thanks to Stagecoach buses. I discovered this on a recent trip to Grasmere. Based at the Daffodil Hotel and Spa, which has gardens down to the lake, I vowed to rely solely on Shanks’s pony so I could The clean-ups have begun, the daffodils have bloomed and the air is getting warmer Initially founded in 2013, the website continues, ArtFields annually transforms the historic district of Lake City into a Southern art mecca. You can learn more about .

Most famously, English Romantic poet William Wordsworth often sought comfort in the hills and valleys of the Lake District. In the poem Daffodils, he describes his elation and feeling of complete contentment on seeing the surrounding golden daffodils Wandering lonely as a cloud over the Lake District’s timeless fells, - with their glimpses of distant shimmering meres and hosts of golden daffodils - has inspired generations of walkers to reflect on their own tiny place in the universe. But for modern Located in the heart of the picturesque Lake District, the Daffodil Hotel and Spa is the epitome of romance. William Wordsworth used to stroll along the lakeshore path for inspiration and guests can do the same, immersing themselves in the secluded lakes The 19th-century hotel has 78 rooms. Our senior suite had a stunning view of the lake and nearby grazing sheep and was very spacious and comfortable with a luxurious king-size bed. There is a 10m thermal pool with a variety of water jets, a sauna .

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