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Langdale Chapel to Grasmere, and Rydal Waters, which leave
on the left, and over Pelter Bridge to Ambleside. Or from
Sty Head, leaving the Tarn to the right, pass through
Seathwaite, Rosthwaite (where there is an ale-house), and
Stonethwaite; and, keeping Eagle Crag on the right, ascend a
steep hill, from the top of which, by proceeding some time
south-east, come to the head of Easedale; descend into the
valley, and passing Grasmere church return to Ambleside.
The horse-road from Ambleside is over Hard Knott, and
Wrynose, through Eskdale by Sandholme Bridge, to the public
house in Nether Wastdale; from thence, to Wastdale Head, and
over the Sty through Seathwaite, Stonethwaite, and over
Borrowdale Stake, through Great Langdale to Ambleside: Or
from Seathwaite by Rosthwaite to Keswick, and back to
Ambleside, as may suit the inclination of the traveller.
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The carriage-road from Ambleside is through Coniston,
Broughton, and over Birker Fell (a road somewhat rugged), by
Sandholme Bridge to Nether Wastdale, (enquire at Broughton
about the tides) by Bootle, Ravenglass, or by Muncaster: -
As such who take this tour in a carriage, must not only
approach, but return from the lake through Nether Wastdale,
they will proceed up its side only as far as they find it
pleasant.
The bridges on Nether and Over Becks are not of the safest,
for, being narrow and shabbily fenced (that is
picturesquely), some will not venture their carriages over
them. The writer in company with a friend, passed in a gig,
in 1809, that on Nether Beck, and would have found no
hesitation in proceeding, but having arrived at Over Beck, a
sight of Yew-barrow, Gable, and Scho-fell, from that place,
was deemed sufficient.
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