The English Lakes

Perhaps it were more correct to say "minor waters," for some are hardly within the pale of the mountains. There are, on fell and in dale, above thirty of these tarns, and, as th...

From its foot at Newby Bridge to the circling beach at Waterhead, Windermere, the largest of our Lakes, is full of interest. Not a bay on either bank fails in variety of scene,...

On a sultry afternoon, the wanderer over High Cross from Hawkshead suddenly sees a gulf beneath, a delectable vision of waters, the ancient Thurston mere; a lake of shining silv...

Proud Cumberland ranks Derwentwater as queen of the English Lakes; but I was born south of Dunmail raise, and feel at liberty to worship at other altars. To see the lake at its...

I never think of Wastwater without recalling some exciting hours--Wastwater surrounded by crag-set mountains and wide bouldery moorlands where foxes rule wild and strong. Under...

To see Ullswater is to love it, and to love a scene is to often travel that way. I often travelled there even when so to do meant an eighteen miles' tramp there and an eighteen...

Buttermere is Crummock's sister-lake, divided only by half a mile of level, swampish meadows. Doubtless, in early ages, the twain formed one long water, reaching from the foot o...

The fact that Thirlmere is the reservoir for the drinking water of Manchester renders it somewhat unapproachable. Main roads encircle the lake at no great distance, but the whol...

It is unfortunate that so many see Lakeland from its main ways only. They realise its narrow bounds, but cannot justly appreciate its rare beauties. For a week or two such trave...

If, after a complete survey of our Lakes, one is asked which could be spared, there is little doubt that often Esthwaite Water would be the one selected: so uncharacteristic is...

Close enfolded in the lap of mountains, Loweswater is seldom seen by the casual tourist. At Scale Hill, a rugged ravine with a white river dashing down, is pointed as the direct...

Jacob is wary and needs some management. First we chat about the exceeding fine autumn passing. "Aye, it's fine, hooivver." Jacob is slow of idea and of speech: no duty in his v...

Two chief routes bring you easily to Crummock Water--the first to Scale Hill at its foot, the other to its head, over Newlands Hause. From northward, as you approach, the hills...

Lying beyond the pale of great mountains, and only connected by rugged passes with other sights of Lakeland, the lake of Ennerdale does not attract many tourists. The approach t...

In touring, extremes in conveyances and men meet--or perhaps, in these days of petrol, avoid one another. As the motor begins to monopolise the main roads, the true pedestrian i...

The present book, it must be understood, treats the English Lakes rather apart from various other elements comprised in what is known as the Lake District. There is so much to s...

Even during the height of summer there are dull days sometimes, when dense clouds simply stifle the dales in gloom. This is the more tantalising when one is at Ambleside in the...

1. A Misty Morning, Newby Bridge, Windermere _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Furness Abbey in the Vale of Nightshade 4 3. Windermere from Wansfell (sunset) 8 4. Swan Inn, Newby Br...