A complete guide to the lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist; with Mr Wordsworth's description of the scenery of the country, etc.: and five letters on the geology of the Lake district . aithwaite, at the foot ofWhinlatter, which the tourist must leave on the left. Passingthrough the hamlet of Thornthwaite and skirting the base of therugged mountains of Lords Seat and Barf, the road undulatespleasantly through wood and glade on the margin of the lake,till it reaches Peel Wyke, where there is a small ale-house. Alittle beyond Peel Wyke the road turns off on the right at theguide-
A complete guide to the lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist; with Mr Wordsworth's description of the scenery of the country, etc.: and five letters on the geology of the Lake district . aithwaite, at the foot ofWhinlatter, which the tourist must leave on the left. Passingthrough the hamlet of Thornthwaite and skirting the base of therugged mountains of Lords Seat and Barf, the road undulatespleasantly through wood and glade on the margin of the lake,till it reaches Peel Wyke, where there is a small ale-house. Alittle beyond Peel Wyke the road turns off on the right at theguide-post to Ouse Bridge, which crosses the Derwent, where,and at Armathwaite close by, are the best views for those whokeep the road generally pursued in making the circuit of thelake; but the pedestrian would be fully compensated if he wereto deviate at the Castle Inn, one mile from Ouse Bridge, andfollow the Hesket road for about a mile, and then turn on theright to the top of the Haws, from which is presented a magni-ficent view of Bassenthwaite and the Vales of Embleton and distance from the Castle Inn to Keswick is eight miles; theroad winds agreeably on the eastern side of the 97ULLSWATER. 8 Moor End 8 7 Gowbarrow Park 15 6 Patterdale 20 Patterdale to Penrith. 10 Pooley Bridge 10 6 Penrith 16 Ullswater is of an irregular figure, somewliat resembling theletter Z, and composed of three unequal reaches, the middle ofwhich is somewhat longer than the northern one. The shortestis seen from the Inn at Patterdale, and is not half the length ofeither of the others. Ullswater is less than Windermere, butlarger than the rest of the English lakes, and lies engulphed inthe majestic mountains that rise sublimely from the valley. From Keswick there are several roads by which Ullswatermay be approached. 1st. By a bridle-road that turns off from the Penrith road atthe third milestone, and crosses the Yale of St. John near itsfoot, then enters the Yale of Wanthwaite, and, aft
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