284 ^tslniclt ;]©fetrict. 



Hopebeck farms to the ^rak J^ill inn. If the traveller has 

 not been here before, he will walk as far as the Station in 

 Lanthwaite Wood, and see the grand view of Crummock 

 Water and Buttermere, mentioned at page 252. This being 

 done, and the horses a little rested, we turn round upon 

 ^0irre0ixrater, which is reached in a mile. Mellbreak, Little 

 Dodd, and Carling Knott, especially the last, (the form of 

 which is peculiarly conical for a lake-hill), stand out boldly at 

 the eastern end of the lake. The drive of a mile along the 

 margin of the lake is pleasant ; but, at the end of that there 

 is a dearth of good scenery until the village named Ennerdale 

 Bridge is reached, where the opening in which the lake lies, 

 reveals the mountains on each side. From this village it is a 

 mile and a-half to the Angler's Inn, at the north-western point 

 of 3Bttnertiale "^^S^fater, This lake will be described in the 

 Buttermere District ; the tourist, who is now only taking a 

 rapid survey, not being able to do much more than walk 

 along the north-western end, and then it will be time to move 

 in the direction of Calder Bridge. He will have to return 

 to Ennerdale Bridge, and then, having again left the hills, 

 proceed in a south-westerly direction, through the small 

 town of Egremont, where everything is red with iron ore, 

 and so on to our destination. There will be time to walk 

 along the pretty stream and survey the J^hhti^ by evening 

 light after dinner. In the morning we shall be fresh for 

 "lES^rastinater, which will be reached in good time, so as to 

 drive up to the head of the lake, and see the grand heights 

 by which it is enclosed. 



If fresh horses be taken at Calder Bridge to go to Wast- 

 water and back, it would be possible to get home again to 

 Keswick on the evening of the second day. 



