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a path leads to the left, immediately behind Wordsworth's 

 house. It proceeds, in the form of a terrace, all the way to 

 Grasmere. The further gate of Wordsworth's garden opens 

 upon this green terrace ; and it is truly a poet's walk. It 

 commands first the whole length of the Rothay Valley, with 

 Winandermere in the distance ; then the turn of the pass, 

 with the bold slope of Loughrigg opposite ; then the pass 

 itself with Rydal Lake sleeping below ; and, finally Gras- 

 mere, where it brings the stranger into the main-road. 



LOUGHRIGG TERRACE. 

 (9 miles.) 



Finer still is the opposite terrace-road. Some visitors have 

 considered the ^0U(jSftifljOf Retrace walk the finest in the 

 district. It is a long stretch from Ambleside, — the circuit 

 being not less than nine miles : but of these four or five can 

 be taken in a carriage, or the whole on horseback. There 

 is a bridle-path all the way. The point of departure from 

 the turnpike is ^zlizx ^rtbge, a mile and a quarter from : 

 Ambleside. After crossing the bridge, the rough road on the 

 right must be taken. This path leads behind a farm-house, 

 and above the stream, till it descends to the margin of 

 ^Eistial ^afee, which it skirts, through some rather boggy 

 ground, which indicates the dryest weather for this walk. 

 From the lake the path ascends, winding among the lower | 

 slopes of Loughrigg, till a considerable height is attained, 

 where it makes a bold sweep, in the form of a grassy terrace, ; 

 up the side of Loughrigg, commanding nearly the same view 

 which is described (p. 79) as so glorious from Red Bank. 

 From the middle of the terrace a mountain is seen in the 

 far distance over Dunmail Raise. This is Saddlebaak. The 

 terrace- walk ends at the top of Red Bank, whence the descent 



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