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from thence [Fangs] to Scale Hill affords excellent views of
Crummock Lake, with the mountains surrounding that and
Buttermere. From Cockermouth to Scale Hill by this route is about
eleven miles.
After visiting Crummock and Buttermere, the party may either
proceed through Newlands to Keswick, or return through the
pleasant vale of Lorton to Cockermouth; and next morning by the
side of Bassenthwaite Lake to Keswick. From whence, as may be
found most expedient, the tour may be continued to the more
southern lakes.
Or this route might be reversed, by parties commencing their tour
at Whitehaven, with an intention of seeing all the lakes, and
concluding it at the same place; by taking first Ennerdale and
Wasdale, and going from thence by Broughton to Coniston and the
other lakes, reserving Buttermere, Crummock, and Lowes Water, to
the last; but those who require a conveyance will find a
difficulty in procuring it on some parts of this route.
An attempt to enumerate all the permutations, that might be made
in these excursions; or all the pleasing points, from which the
varied scenery of this interesting region might be viewed; would
be an endless and in fact a useless task. Persons who delight in
exploring a country, need only be made acquainted with the
outlines: they will feel more pleasure in finding out the rest.
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