AN ARTIST has been commissioned to engrave 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth on four large slate boulders. 

Local carver Pip Hall is hard at work in all weathers down by the boathouses at Fell Foot.

Pip has also produced the World Heritage Site monument calligraphy opened by King Charles in Crow Park, Keswick.

Pip has been busy carving a passage from Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' across the boulders which will eventually be laid out along the northern stretch of lakeshore beyond the boatyard for visitors to enjoy.

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Pip's studio is in the Yorkshire Dales. She carves commissions for inscriptions such as memorials, garden features and house signs. She also carries out public art projects on site.

On her website, she said: "My main interest is in exploring the illustrative and decorative aspects of lettering and this has been the chief activity in my workshop for the past thirty years." 

The Westmorland Gazette: Pip Hall hard at work Pip Hall hard at work (Image: National Trust)

Lucy Tickle from the National Trust said: "Pip Hall has been commissioned to do the work as part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project happening in the park.

"Once finished the stones will go on temporary display until they are moved into their final position on the shingle beach at the north end of Fell foot beside a ruined stone jetty – the oldest at Fell Foot." 

The Westmorland Gazette: Wordsworth's poem engraved into the stone slateWordsworth's poem engraved into the stone slate (Image: Pip Hall)

Both Wordsworth and slate have a connection to the Lake District. Wordsworth spent most of his life living in the area and slate is the local stone. 

Harvey Wilkinson, curator at Fell Foot, said: "The stones are at the quieter end of the park where swimmers get in and so we’ve chosen some poetry that suits that. 

"The passage from the Prelude is really beautiful and is from Wordsworth’s schooldays at Hawkshead – when he spent time a lot of time on Windermere, an important period in his youth.

"In this case visiting an inn with his friends to play bowls and then sailing back across the lake, leaving a friend on an island playing the flute – the sound spreading across the lake.

"So the passage covers both the historic party atmosphere of Windermere and the more solitary atmosphere of the lake in the evening."