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a boat should be ordered to be in waiting. In this case, he 

 will reach the road which skirts Catbells at some height 

 above the lake, or will turn into the footpath which 

 leads through the woods and over the meadows of Brande- 

 lovv Park, coming out upon Derwentwater Bay at Hawse 

 End. 



If the walk be extended along the ridge of Maiden Moor, 

 the descent will be upon Grange, from whence he might 

 reach home in a car which he will have ordered before- 

 hand. 



These are the moderate walks about Keswick ; and they 

 will occupy a week of fine weather for ordinary walkers. 

 Those who remain longer can find plenty more. We have 

 only undertaken to point out such as the stranger would be 

 most sorry to miss. We will now describe the excursions 

 for which a carriage or horses will be needed by any but the 

 most robust. 



BORROWDALE, ROSTHWAITE, AND GRANGE. 



(13 miles, exclusive of the digressions to visit Barrow Fall and Lodore, 

 which may be estimated at 2 more.) 



The tourist must now be introduced to the valley which 



is, perhaps, at once the most beautiful and also more visited 



by strangers than any other in the Lake District. Many 



of those whose stay at Keswick is short make this their only 



excursion, and that in preference to boating on the lake. If 



there be a party, it is easy to procure a car or wagonette at 



