202 Excursion from 



be taken to Keswick. This route is described in reverse in 

 the Keswick Section. In the season, there is a coach or 

 omnibus once or twice a day from Ullswater Hotel to Trout- 

 Station. 



TO PENRITH AND BROUGHAM. 

 (33 miles, out and home. ) 



The road as far as Gowbarrow Park is the same as to 

 Ara Force. From Gowbarrow Park to Pooley Bridge the 

 road still winds delightfully along the lake, the hills decHning 

 as the out-lying region is approached. Hallsteads, the family 

 seat of the Marshalls, is the last stage commanding a moun- 

 tain view. The hamlet of Watermillock is the chief settle- 

 ment passed on the way to Water Foot. The Eamont is 

 crossed by a handsome bridge leading to the pleasant inn at 

 iJE^ocleg ^ritige, a great resort of anglers. A good lake-view 

 is obtained from Ewesmere, near Pooley Bridge ; and the tra- 

 veller may there bid his farewell to Martindale, Glenridding, 

 and Hallin Fell. The hill of Dunmallet, or Dunmallard, is 

 worth climbing for the vestiges of a Roman fort which are 

 found at the top. As for the fisj^ing, there is abundance of 

 trout, a few char, and plenty of skelly, the peculiarity of 

 which may be best ascertained on the spot ; and in autumn 

 quantities of eels are taken below the bridge. 



There are no objects of peculiar interest between Pooley 

 Bridge and Penrith, but the roads which tend eastward are all 

 tempting. One leads to Lowther Castle, and others enter the 

 Park, leading to the villages of Clifton and Brougham Hall. 

 Another, to the south-east, leads to Hawes Water and Mar- 

 dale Green ; and the same road is pursued through Bramp- 

 ton to Shap Abbey and the mysterious antiquity in the 

 neighbourhood called Carl Lofts. Of the two last men- 



