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The small river Esk winds along a narrow valley, among verdant
fields, surmounted by rugged rocks, and about a mile and a half
down the valley is a public-house, formerly the sign of the Wool
Pack, about 15 miles from Ambleside. On the left hand, in
travelling down the valley, there are two remarkable cascades.
The first is seen from the road; but the other, which lies beyond
the chapel, requires a walk of more than half a mile to view it.
From the hamlet of Bout, a dim tract leads over Burnmoor to
Wasdale head; but the road should be kept, nearly to Santon
Bridge, when it turns off to the right, to the Strands at Nether
Wasdale; where there are two public-houses. After seeing Wast
Water, parties on horseback may either go over Styhead and
through Borrowdale to Keswick; or by Gosforth to Calder Bridge,
from thence by Ennerdale Bridge, and Lamplugh, to Scale Hill, and
thence by either Buttermere or Lorton, to Keswick; and with a
cart it will be necessary to take the latter route. Sometimes
this excursion has been varied, by returning from Wasdale, by
Ulpha, to Broughton, and thence by Coniston to Ambleside.
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