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Brian is a 61 year old guy from Hitchin, England, UK

I like looking on the bright side. I relate very much to the Mediterranean extended-family, take-it-slow, money-isn't-everything outlook on life. I'm not a great cook but I like cooking, especially Mediterranean food. I'm interested in environmental issues. My main hobby is flying (on a PC simulator).

The people I admire most are those who see no end to pain, illness, grief or disability and who still retain a sense of humour, people who spend time making life better for others in any way, and people with toxic parents who have "broken the chain" in bringing up their own children.

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  • Blackwell

    Rated Sep 28 2008 • 2 reviews • architecture, arts, lake district • blackwell.org.uk

    [Lake District visit continued from above]



    Blackwell, "an architectural jewel in the heart of the Lake District", was designed by M H Baillie Scott (1865-1945) as a holiday home for a wealthy Manchester brewery owner, and is "one of the country's most important examples of Arts and Crafts architecture".

    Blackwell is one of the most beautiful houses that I have ever visited, and is also one of the most frustrating to describe properly to someone who has not been there. Photography is forbidden indoors, and neither the official web site nor any other site that I have found shows photographs that come anywhere near conveying the beautiful atmosphere of the real place.

    However if you would like a really good written review of the place (not mine), go here.



    Blackwell (top of picture) seen from Windermere



    The view from Blackwell across Windermere. Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's retreat, is on the other side of Windermere, somewhere off to the right. In the distance are the fells behind Coniston Water.

    One of the many nice things about Blackwell is that it has alcoves with window seats and cushions that visitors are allowed to sit in. This view is one of several that can be enjoyed from such a seat in the beautiful White Drawing Room - I must have spent over 20 minutes doing just that.


    [Location of Blackwell on my England Map]
    [The Arts and Crafts Movement (Overview)]
    [The Arts and Crafts Movement (Wikipedia)]
    [The Arts and Crafts Home - A Design Resource for Home Decoration]

    If you are interested, you can view all my recent Lake District pictures via my Photo Albums page.