Swallows and Amazons is set in the S lakes. much of the description sounds like Windermere, but with bits of Coniston Water thrown in. Its set between the 2 world wars.
One of the characters was the great aunt. We know she lived in Harrogate, and travelled to the lakes by train.
She says she prefers to travel from the station at the foot of the lake. i take that to mean lakeside Startion. But that line went to Ulverston, quite the wrong way.
What the kids referred to as Rio was obviously Bowness. Someone described rowing to the piers at 'Rio' and getting the bus up the hill to the station, which would be Windermere Station.
So how would you travel to and from Lake Windermere to Harrogate st that time?
Carnforth -Skipton - Ilkley - Otley - Harrogate
or go via Lancaster and via Hornby.
or do you go via Leeds. And have to cope with changing stations?
Remember, she was an elderly lady. travelling alone with a large trunk.
One of the characters was the great aunt. We know she lived in Harrogate, and travelled to the lakes by train.
She says she prefers to travel from the station at the foot of the lake. i take that to mean lakeside Startion. But that line went to Ulverston, quite the wrong way.
What the kids referred to as Rio was obviously Bowness. Someone described rowing to the piers at 'Rio' and getting the bus up the hill to the station, which would be Windermere Station.
So how would you travel to and from Lake Windermere to Harrogate st that time?
Carnforth -Skipton - Ilkley - Otley - Harrogate
or go via Lancaster and via Hornby.
or do you go via Leeds. And have to cope with changing stations?
Remember, she was an elderly lady. travelling alone with a large trunk.