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mount to the roads which run almost parallel higher up the 

 hill, he will be amply rewarded by the grand views obtained 

 It only remains to be said here that the drive round the lake 

 is most popular ; and that a visit to the Bowder Stone is 

 frequently made at the same time, which adds about a 

 mile to the distance travelled. 



KESWICK TO WINDERMERE. 

 (By Castlerigg, 21 miles. By the Vale of St. John, 23 miles). 



This main thoroughfare of the district has been fully de- 

 scribed, reverse way, at page 71. There are two roads from 

 Keswick : the one, generally taken by the coaches, by ©Tagtle* 

 xiQQ ; the other by the Vale of St. John.* In the first, the 

 road passes St. John's Church and then ascends a steep hill, 

 from the top of which there is a grand view looking back over 

 Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite, Skiddaw, the monarch of 

 the scene, rising above the latter. From this point to the 

 King's Head Inn, at Thirlspot, where the road by the Vale 



4% of St. John is joined, there is nothing calling for special 

 notice. 



The road now passes under the Helvellyn range on the 



8M left, with 5E^{jtrItnete on the right, until '^^^^M'^iijbnxn is 

 reached. From this place there is a gradual ascent to 51iun« 



g% mail B-aise, at the top of which pass, the traveller enters 

 Westmorland, and, soon afterwards, the vale of ^xmratxz* 

 In the descent. Helm Crag is seen to the right, with the con- 

 spicuous rocks on its summit which go by the names of the 



12 Lion and the Lamb. Grasmere lake is next passed on 



13 the right, then ^g^al "yiZSTater, while, on the left is Nab 



* For the latter, see page 256. 



