This watercolour painting shows the lower part of Birnam Glen, just above the railway. Birnam Glen was a favourite place for the young Beatrix Potter when she spent her annual holidays in the village. The local postman, Charles Mackintosh, was a keen amateur naturalist and taught Beatrix much about the geology and natural history of the area. It was this love and knowledge of nature that was to lead her to write her successful children's books in later life. Birnam is also the home of an ancient oak, the sole remnant of the Birnam Wood made famous by Shakespeare in his tragedy "Macbeth".