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A VISIT TO WOODWATER POOL...
The big house - "the latter, by the way, was a pesudo-Gothic structure and not particularly beautiful..."
BB- CONFESSIONS OF A CARP FISHER.
"..here the stream that fed the water wound away through leafy woods.."
"It was much more open than Beechmere, though surrounded on all sides by oak woods..."
"In the middle of the lake was a small island...this was thickly grown with bushes, privet and some yew..."
There is a bridge today to what I assume is "BB's island. Sadly, there is also a locked gate, preventing access, tempting though it is...
"The keeper's house...lay across the park, among the oak woods.." There are several candidates for Roscommon's cottage; but with discreet enquiries, I was able to ascertain that this alone is called "The Keeper's Cottage", and if Berrington Hall near Leominster is indeed BB's Woodwater Pool, as many believe, then this is where BB stayed...
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