{"id":8140,"date":"2021-06-24T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T07:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8140"},"modified":"2021-07-01T08:16:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T08:16:40","slug":"hawkeshead-cumbria-a-delightful-village-worth-visiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/hawkeshead-cumbria-a-delightful-village-worth-visiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawkeshead, Cumbria &#8211; a delightful village worth visiting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Off to the west of Windermere sits Hawkeshead, a pretty village with good parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s clean and has quite a few shops to choose from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our favourite place though was The Little Ice Cream Shop. The ice cream here is superb! I had the caramel flavour whilst my wife had Kendal mint cake, it was to die for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"8245\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/img_2907\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_2907-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 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We had to book, but this well thought out home tells the story of this remarkable lady that devoted much of her life to the National Trust and to writing short stories and creating characters seen world over by families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoyed Hawkeshead and I&#8217;m sure you will too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off to the west of Windermere sits Hawkeshead, a pretty village with good parking. It\u2019s clean and has quite a few shops to choose from. Our favourite place though was The Little Ice Cream Shop. The ice cream here is superb! 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