t0 ©rastnere. 173 



very beautiful hill of the same name, is passed on the right 

 (p. 77). At the guide-post the right-hand road should be 

 taken, which conducts the traveller to the top of ^BietJ ^anfe, 

 from whence he commences his descent into ©tasmere. Be- 

 fore doing so, however, he must not omit seeing the view from 

 High Close, a little off the road to the left-hand. At Gras- 

 mere, the churchyard must be visited, and, if the tourist has 

 time, a walk up to ^asetiale will well repay him. His road 

 home may be along the eastern margins of Grasmere and 

 Rydal lakes, through Ambleside and Clappersgate, then by 

 Hawkshead or High Cross to Coniston. 



There is a way of varying the drive, by taking the lane 

 under Iron Keld, mentioned at p. 172, the distance being a 

 little less, perhaps. 



TO BOWNESS, BY HAWKSHEAD AND TPTE FERRY, 



AND BACK BY WRAY CASTLE, 



(20 Miles). 



If the traveller has been unable to see the view from 

 ^'onfeton ^ank, described at p. 168, he may do so in an 

 excursion to Bowness, by ordering his car to meet him in an 

 hour at the junction of the two lake roads, and walking for- 

 ward round the head of the lake. To meet it, he follows 

 the road, already described, past Tent Lodge, and arrives 

 at Coniston Bank, after a walk of a mile from the inn. 



Retracing his steps for some way, and passing the turn 

 which would lead him down to Tent Lodge, the stranger 

 has rather a steep ascent before him, following which he 

 finds at various points, looking back, new views of the lake 

 appearing, while the magnitude of the Old Man becomes 

 more apparent the farther he recedes from it. By the road- 



