Pont Pill is thought by many local people to be part of the inspiration for Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's adventures in
The Wind in the Willows because author
Kenneth Grahame holidayed in nearby
Lerryn. Grahame's time spent near the river may have inspired the bedtime stories he told to his son, and later developed into the famous children's book.
Leo Walmsley wrote several novels while living in a hut by the creek. It is the setting for his
autobiographical novel Love in the Sun. ==References==