204 E,xcursfon from 



at present the property of the Earl of Thanet. It is now in 

 ruins, and fine ruins they are. They stand at the confluence 

 of the Eamont and Lowther rivers, at a distance of a mile 

 from Penrith. 



Brougham Hall, the seat of Lord Brougham, is within a 

 mile and a-half of Penrith. The traveller should walk 

 along the river bank from the bridge at Brougham Hall to 

 Askham, and then ascend the steep bank of red sandstone, 

 overshadowed by trees, to the park of Lowther Castle. 



HAWES WATER AND LOWTHER CASTLE. 

 (19 miles to Mardale ; back, by Lowther, 20 miles more.) 



The traveller should by no means miss seeing Hawes 

 Water, for though less visited than any other lake in the 

 district — being rather out of the way — it is very beautiful. 

 It may be approached either by road through Pooley Bridge, 

 Askham, or Bampton ; or by foot from Howtown, across the 

 hills. This latter route we shall describe when we point out 

 the mountain excursions in the neighbourhood of Patterdale. 

 For the carriage-road, that mentioned at p. 202 should be 

 taken to Pooley Bridge, whence the tourist must diverge to 

 the right in a south-easterly direction : or rather, let him take 

 the road for Askham, which, though somewhat longer, is far 

 more beautiful. On reaching ^amptfltt, those who want to 

 shorten their excursion and have a near view of Hawes 

 Water, should go southward to ^Eiossgill ^BJill ; from no 

 point on the shore of this lake is the view so fine. 



We pass through Bampton, and soon after Thornthwaite 

 Hall, ^a dark-blue piece of Haweswater, lying between 

 funereal Naddle and Burnfell, with its milky white waterfall 

 called ^iHeasanb ^orce, comes into view. Bid the coach- 



