Countrystride
Countrystride #7: A Grasmere Christmas - The Wordsworths and the coffin route
20 Dec 2018
...in which we brave the drizzle to walk from Dove Cottage in Townend along the old corpse road round Grasmere to join the festivities at Allan Bank. En route we talk with Marian Veevers about how William and Dorothy Wordsworth celebrated Christmas, and hear from the National Trust's Elaine Taylor about seasonal Cumbrian traditions. We close with music from the Cumbrian Duo, who play us out with a traditional local wassailing tune. With thanks to The Cumbrian Duo for the original music from their album Hunsup through the Wood.
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