84 "5^32"tnt(ermere to ^angbale* 



the situation of his own house the best ; but most agree that 

 that of Wordsworth's comes next. We should say that 

 Wordsworth's comes next to those at Elleray and Miller 

 Brow, but for the disadvantage of a long and steep ascent to 

 it. The ascent might be to some a serious last stage of a 

 walk on a hot summer day ; but the privileges of the spot, 

 when once reached, are almost incomparable. 



The guide to ^2^al ^alliS will by this time have presented 

 herself, and the tourist must visit them. They are within 

 the park, and cannot be seen without a guide : but some one 

 is always to be found at one of the two guides' cottages on 

 the ascent of the hill. The upper fall is the finest, in the 

 eyes of those who prefer the most natural accessories of a 

 cascade ; but the lower is the one generally represented by 

 the artist, — the window of the summer-house from which it 

 is viewed forming a fine frame, and the fall, the basin of rock, 

 and the bridge above, constituting in truth a very perfect 

 picture. When there is a dash of sunshine on the verdure, 

 behind and under the bridge, to contrast with the shadowy 

 basin and pool of the fall, the subject is tempting enough to 

 the artist. 



These falls seen, the tourist needs alight from his car no 

 more, for he is only a mile and a-half from Ambleside, from 

 whence there are four miles of familiar ground to Winder- 

 mere. (See page 71). 



TO LANGDALE, BY SKELWITH, COLWITH, AND 

 BLEA TARN. 



(There and back, 26 miles. 

 The drive to Langdale by Blea Tarn though less interesting 

 in its associations than the last, is, on account of the varied 



