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east and the coast on the west. When the traveller foot or
horseback sees certain reaches of Lake Windermere from
Orrest Head, lying deep down below him, he knows he is
coming near the end of the railway, which cannot yet plunge
and climb as our old mail roads must do, if they exist here
at all. As a general rule, lakes should be approached from
the foot, that the ridges may rise, instead of sinking,
before the observer's eye. But so happy is the access to
Windermere from the station, that it is hard to say that it
could have been better; and that access is, not from the
south to its lower end, but from the south-east to about its
middle. The old coach road over Orrest Head and the railway
meet at the new village of Windermere, whence the road to
Bowness descends, winding for about a mile and a half,
striking the shore at a point rather more than half way up
the lake, and commanding the group of mountains that cluster
about its head.
Supposing that the traveller desires to see the Windermere
scenery thoroughly, we shall divide our directions into
portions; first exhibiting what is to be seen in the
immediate neighbourhood of the Windermere, or within a
moderate walk; and then describing three tours, two of which
may be easily taken in a day each. One mountain trip will be
added, and, these being faithfully prosecuted, the tourist
may be assured that he has seen all that falls within the
scope of a summer visitor in the opening region of the Lake
District.
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