70 PElmntmn "TiSraHt from "^Ea^mtJermere* 



]]^£nrit]^*, and by it Hawes Water is often visited from 

 Pooley Bridge ; but if we are to be back at Windermere by 

 the evening, we must not go any further, and abstain from 

 visiting the beautiful ferny recesses of the Gill. Our way 

 back winds through the levels, round the bases of the knolls, 

 past the ruins of the old church, and among snug little farms, 

 and the great pikes tower on either hand. The stream which 

 gushes here and pauses there, as it passes among rough stone 

 or through a green meadow, is the one before-mentioned as 

 issuing from Small Water and reinforced by a brook from 

 Blea Water. 



The host of the Dun Bull will, if necessary, act as a guide 23 

 up the passes. This small green level, which from the moun- 

 tain looks such a mere speck, is of some importance at a 

 distance. It is said to send a very large quantity of butter 

 weekly to Manchester : the carrier's waggons having picked 

 it up at the farms and conveyed it to Shap station. 



Retracing our steps towards the pass, we soon find a bridle- 

 track branching off to the left and following nearly the course 

 of the beck. This is our way to Longsleddale. The only 

 very noticeable thing as we climb up is the immense ruin of 

 rock under the sides of Harter Fell. Arrived at the top of 

 ©atesgart^f ^ass, we descend again rapidly into ^ong- 25 

 slebtiale, leaving the deep quarry of Randale Gillf on our 

 right and a large fold on our left. Soon after this, we cross 

 the stream which descends in a series of beautiful waterfalls to 

 the green valley below, while Buzzard Crag towers up nobly 



* Penrith and its surroundings are described in the Ullswater Section. 



t A road turning off to the left here leads across into Mosedale, the 

 most desolate and dreary of all the vales. Anyone wishing to reach it 

 may follow the road as far as where it crosses the main beck, a mile be- 

 low the cottage, and then turn to the right, up little Mosedale to Grey 

 Crag Tarn, over into Longsleddale. The road goes down Wetsleddale 

 to Shap. 



