We drove to the southern end of Lake Windermere to visit Stott Park, arriving just as a guided tour was about to start. We saw the whole process from the timber being prepared for drying to the finished bobbins. We heard how the firm diversified into chair legs, ladder rungs, croquet mallets, etc when wooden bobbins were no longer used but this was not enough and the firm went out of business in the mid 70's.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stott-park-bobbin-mill/
We explored the site and returned to the car by way of the mill stream.
In the afternoon we explored Ambleside and some of the nearby footpaths. This is Bridge House, Ambleside's smallest house, built on a bridge over the beck and now owned by the National Trust.
Borrans Park affords lovely views across the north shore of Lake Windermere.
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