Low Ludderburn was a house by Windermere which the Ransomes bought on 2 March 1925 after they returned from their voyage to Egypt. They wanted a place in the Lake District, heard of a cottage at Windermeer and bought it at once, for 350 pounds. But they had to sell Racundra, and also they purchased a Trojan car (see Rattletrap). It was called Low Ludderburn because there was a house called High Ludderburn higher up the fell. Arthur said the cottage was on very high ground but sheltered from the north, overlooking the whole valley of the Winster. There were two rooms on each of the two floors, and a leanto for a kitchen. The upper story of the adjacent barn became the best workroom that he ever had. Most of the contents of the study are now at the Abbot Hall Museum at Kendall, according to