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Page 86:-
place for days together, if he desires a central point
whence he may visit a great extent of the lake country,
while in command of a variety of pleasures near at hand.
From Scale Hill he can descend into the vale of Lorton, and
enjoy a change from the ruggedness of the dales. Or, he may
visit the most solemn and imposing of the lakes,- Wast
Water; and also Ennerdale. He commands all the roads to
Keswick, and the vales that lie between. Crummock Water
yields char, as well as every other lake fish, in abundance.
The mountain tops are accessible : from Lowfell, which may
be a lady's morning walk, to Red Pike, which is a pretty
good day's scramble for a stout student. There is Lowes
Water at one end of Crummock, and Buttermere at the other:
and at home there is a spacious, clean, airy house, standing
in a garden; good fare, careful attendance, and reasonable
charges. Scale Hill is a place to spend a month in, in a
fine season.
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Lanthwaite Wood
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A few minutes will take the stranger up to the Station, by a
path from the inn door. The Station is a hill in Lanthwaite
Wood, whence a magnificent view is obtained of the stern
mountain group, (the central group of the whole district,)
on the one hand, and the rich levels of Lorton Vale on the
other, backed, in favourable lights, by the Scotch
mountains. This spot is one on which to linger through a
long summer day, pacing the sward, and choosing seats from
rock to rock, along the whole crest. The stranger must now,
however, take his brief survey, and hope to come again. He
has twelve miles to go to Keswick; and
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-- Crummock Water
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-- "Scale Hill Inn" -- (inn, Scale Hill)
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-- (station, Dob Ley Head)
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