I've only just realised that the pencil they give you as your 'admission ticket' at the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a special pencil!
I'm wondering if a museum purely devoted to pencils might be one of the most Mastodon places in England?
Maybe it's one of Mastodon's Spiritual Homes!
@howisyourdog
The Pencil Museum in Keswick is small and not cheap to get in, plus the car park is a separate charge.
But, it's comprehensive in it's history of the development of graphite into modern pencil manufacturing.
There's a lot of displays of.... pencils, and pencil sharpeners and pencil boxes and did I mention pencils!
There a good film and display of ww2 secret pencil development (yes, really!).
Excellent, inexpensive café, and a shop selling..... pencils (and other art supplies).
Despite the above snarky comments, we really enjoyed our visit, and would recommend a visit, once.
Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺