I visited here in 1987 while driving a gentleman from Israel . The smells and energy are typical of this little village that transports you back in time with it's real English antiques and furnishings . I never knew a place like this ever existed here .I would love to go back again and again . What I especially fell in love with are the thick stone walls with a off white vintage aging paint on the cottage walls that are over a foot thick that transports you back in time again .There was another building Like this that I found while I was on my Scotland , England self driving trip which was a little restaurant high up on the hill in the fjords of Scotland called , " Ye old Mill house " restaurant with original poles supporting the ceilings and over a foot thick walls with leaded glass windows . The mill water wheel is gone now but you can imagine where it was . It was on the other side of the kitchen wall . That's what England and Scotland are like to travel to . It's a very relaxing place to travel through .I was trying to think of the area of Scotland , it's called the Scottish highlands . And the Lake District of England goes with this area of accient history . The English villages are a pleasant escape for you to visit . Plus visit the village of William Shakespeare too . Bye now .

With Dove Cottage undergoing extensive works we were treated to the "temporary" audio - visual in the museum. In actual fact, whilst a number of improvements can be made, the audio - visual was very informative and probably gave us a wider / better insight into the Wordsworths than we might otherwise have appreciated