3i6 ;Butterm£re ^fetrict- 



Between here and jStrantKS (a mile and a-half) the 

 road is a pretty lane, with frequent gates. The little vil- 

 lage is composed of two inns, a pretty little church, 

 schools, parsonage, a few cottages, and one or two flourish- 

 ing-looking farms. It has no appearance of being ^ out of 

 the way ; ' but within a mile of it as we have seen, there is the 

 most rugged and least-frequented of all the scenery in the 

 district. It is a most convenient starting-point for visiting 

 Wastwater and the surrounding scenery, but, at present, 

 owing to the limited accommodation, it is hardly a suitable 

 place for Paterfamilias making any lengthened stay. Those, 

 however, bent on mountaineering or extreme solitude, un- 

 doubtedly find this and Wastdale Head among the best of all 

 places in the district ; and many is the number of university 

 men and others who retreat to the latter place after their 

 labours to enjoy complete repose. 



The carriage roads from the Strands are limited to two 

 only ', that through Eskdale, and that to Calder Abbey and 

 its environs. It is the latter we are now about to describe. 

 After climbing the long hill from Strands, an eager look-out 

 will be kept for the Isle of Man : but the most probable 

 point for seeing it is at the top of the hill between Gosforth 

 (the reddest of villages) and Calder Bridge. Far oft at sea 

 rises the outline of its mountains ; and when the wind is 

 east, we have repeatedly seen the shadows filling the hollows 

 of its hills. From this eminence, the road descends through 

 an avenue of beech, ash, and other trees, to Saltier 



Here the travellers will rest for the night at the comfort- 

 able inn. In the morning, the first object will be visiting 

 the ..^bbeg, and it will save time if the carriage be ordered 

 to be at Captain Irwin's gate within an hour from the 



