{"id":132,"date":"2007-08-15T23:42:52","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T13:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=132"},"modified":"2007-08-15T23:42:52","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T13:42:52","slug":"cumbria-and-the-lake-district-england-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/cumbria-and-the-lake-district-england-2","title":{"rendered":"Cumbria and the Lake District &#8211; England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DAY 6 &#8211; William Wordsworth lived in both the villages of Grasmere and Rydal,\u00a0pretty villages on the shores of two sparkling lakes.\u00a0 Grasmere is now a sizeable settlement and large crowds come in August each year for the Grasmere sports.\u00a0 There are also <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8471-2\/GB_0329.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Grasmere\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Grasmere\" \/>good walking trails in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8475-2\/GB_0331.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Dove Cottage - Lake District\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Dove Cottage - Lake District\" \/>As with most visitors, we headed for Dove Cottage.\u00a0 Wordsworth first settled at Dove Cottage with his sister Dorothy, and it was here that he experienced his most\u00a0creative years.\u00a0 In 1802 he married an old school friend, Mary Hutchinson.\u00a0They led a simple life, bringing up their children and he frequently received visits from poets such as Coleridge and de Quincy.\u00a0\u00a0In 1820 Wordsworth published his &#8216;Guide through the District of the Lakes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8485-2\/GB_0339.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"St. Oswald's Church\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"St. Oswald's Church\" \/>In 1850 William caught a cold on a country walk, and he died\u00a0on 23 April, St George&#8217;s Day, at the age of 80.\u00a0He and Mary who died 9 years later have a simple tombstone in the churchyard of St Oswald&#8217;s Church in Grasmere, now one of the most visited literary shrines in the world.\u00a0 William Wordsworth wrote some 70000 lines of verse, 40000 lines more than any other poet. 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