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Page 111:-
[Arm]both-house, the residence of Mr. Jackson, on the other side
of the water, is a good object; but Dalehead Hall, the manorial
seat of Mr. Leathes, on this side, is hid by a hill. Having
passed the summit, there is a delightful view through the vale of
Legberthwaite, with its prolongation of Fornside, and Wanthwaite
- together constituting what is commonly called St. John's vale -
beyond which the lofty Saddleback, with its furrowed front,
closes the scene.
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There is a public-house at the King's Head, six miles from
Keswick, and a road turns off on the right towards Threlkeld,
passing under the massive rock of Green Crag, sometimes called
the Castle Rock of St. John's. Near this, a tremendous
thunderstorm in 1749, swept away a mill, and buried one of the
millstones amongst the ruins, so that it has never yet been
discovered.
The Keswick road inclines to the left, and surmounting the
cultivated ridge called Castlerigg, there is a full view of
Derwent Lake, with part of that of Bassenthwaite, the town and
vale of Keswick, with its surrounding mountains. It was here,
that Mr. Gray on leaving Keswick, found the scene so enchanting,
that he 'had almost a mind to have gone back again.'
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Carlisle to Keswick
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FROM CARLISLE TO KESWICK.
Tourists from the north, when at Carlisle, may proceed towards
the lakes, either by Penrith or Wigton.
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-- Armboth House
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-- "Green Crag" -- Castle Rock
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-- Castlerigg
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-- Dalehead Hall
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-- King's Head
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-- Ambleside to Keswick
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-- station, Castlerigg
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