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John Cunliffe lived in Kendal for six years and much of his inspiration came from the local Cumbrian countryside.

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Postman PatвЂ™s many adventures were turned into a TV series and shown in more than 50 countries. John CunliffeД«orn in 1933, John Cunliffe wrote the world-famous Postman Pat stories. Both Arthur and Eugenia are buried in Rusland churchyard. The Ransomes lived in the Winster valley and Haverthwaite. There he met his future wife Eugenia, who had been TrotskyвЂ™s secretary. He worked in London as a journalist and writer and reported on the Revolution in Russia. Wild Cat Island is thought to be Peel Island in Coniston Water and Kanchenjunga is thought to be the Old Man of Coniston. The stories follow the adventures of the Walker and Blackett children camping on islands, mining for gold, fighting fell fires and conquering mountains.

He wrote a series of 12 Swallows and Amazons books, mostly set in the Lake District. Arthur RansomeД«orn in Leeds in 1884, Arthur Ransome learned to sail on Coniston and went to school in Windermere. In 1871 Ruskin bought Brantwood near Coniston and retired there in 1884.

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He passionately believed in conservation, the importance of planning, smokeless zones, free schools and green belts and campaigned for their importance. In the 1850s he became more interested in politics. His writings on architecture and art influenced Pre-Raphaelites artists such as Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. John Ruskin was a renowned Victorian poet, artist and philosopher about society and conservation, who lived from 18.Д«orn in London, Ruskin was profoundly affected by his childhood experiences of the Lake District. WordsworthвЂ™s вЂGuide through the District of the LakesвЂ™ published in 1820 sparked off the first beginnings of mass tourism to the area. After attending Cambridge University and then living in Dorset, Wordsworth moved back to the Lake District to Dove Cottage in Grasmere in 1799 and then Rydal Mount in 1813. He was born in Cockermouth, just north of the National Park, and went to school in Hawkshead. His 'Daffodils' poem beginning вЂњI wanderвЂ™d lonely as a cloudвЂќ is the quintessential Lake District poem. William Wordsworth is one of Britain's most famous poets, who lived from 17. His ashes were scattered above the village on his favourite mountain, Haystacks. Wainwright died in 1991 and there is a memorial to him in the church at Buttermere. They feature 214 fell tops, which are known as 'Wainwrights' and many walkers like to try and bag them all! Many of our guided walks take you over Wainwright summits. His Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells are a unique mixture of beautiful pen-and-ink sketches, maps and musings. He later moved to Kendal and devoted his life to mapping the area, writing seven guidebooks. Alfred WainwrightД«orn in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1907, Alfred Wainwright first visited the Lake District when he was 23 and fell in love with the area. When she died in 1943 she left 14 farms, sheep and 4000 acres of land to the National Trust. She became an expert Herdwick sheep breeder and the first female president-designate of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association. You can also see Peter Rabbit and her other famous animal characters at The World of Beatrix Potter in Windermere.

Beatrix used to write to her young second cousins Jim and Molly at Brockhole, which you can visit. Brockhole was the home of Beatrix's cousin Edith who married merchant William Gaddum. With the profits from her publications, she bought Hill Top farm and other hill farms and estates in the Lake District. She spent many childhood holidays in the Lake District and these influenced her work. She is best known for her beautifully illustrated books featuring Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and friends. The famous children's author Beatrix Potter lived from 18. In particular the Romantic poets of the late eighteenth and nineteenth century such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey and John Ruskin were hugely affected by their surroundings.ДЄlso many children's authors have drawn inspiration from the landscape, such as Beatrix Potter, Arthur Ransome and even the creator of Postman Pat.ДЄnother hugely influential writer on the Lake District is Alfred Wainwright, author of many walking guides to the area. The spectacular landscape of the Lake District has been a huge influence on some of England's best-known writers.