button to main menu  Description of Sixty Studies, pp.102-103
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page 102:-
that sublime rock which rises above Stickle Tarn: The houses between the trees are called Oak How, on a green hill above which, the next view, No. 51, is taken.
Langdale is visited with greater advantage from Ambleside than from any other place in the country, and the vale of Langdale is considered by some people of taste, as the finest valley in the north of England.
There are two Langdales, Great and Little; and those who make this day's excursion, must pass up one valley, and return through the other; but as each of these vallies is viewed most to the gratification of the mind, by looking at their heads respectively, those who have leisure, and a relish for such scenery, must see them in both directions; but where one day only can be spared for a sight of the Langdales, the approach must be by Little Langdale.
page 103:-
From Ambleside the tour is commenced by Rothay Bridge - pass through Clappersgate, leaving Brathay Bridge on the left, to Skelwith Bridge, over the same river into Lancashire; enter a mile farther again into Westmorland, by passing Colwith Bridge, a little beyond which, on the left, is Colwith Force; proceed from Colwith Bridge to Fell Foot, and instead of ascending Wrynose, turn to the right: Langdale Pikes displaying vast grandeur, are soon in view; and between the Pikes and the eye, a little lake, called Blea Tarn, if unagitated, will reflect them; look back from the head of the lake on the Tilberthwaite mountains, which are composed of very elegant lines; proceed a little farther and look down to the head of Great Langdale on a scene of extraordinary sublimity and beauty - a bottom of rich enclosures, pleasantly scattered over with trees, and apparently encir-
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