METEOROLOGY OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. 



We can devote but a short space to this subject, though so m- 

 teresting to tourists, as much of their enjoyment depends on the 

 changes of tlie weather to which they must be liable. 



Few, if any, visit this part of the kingdom, without a pre- 

 conceived apprehension, that because in mountainous districts the 

 weather is so changeable and often wet, they must expect to meet 

 with frequent and serious apprehensions to their progress. We 

 heartily wish to dissipate such a notion, as it tends to diminish the 

 anticipated enjoyment of tourists in the Lake District, and is 

 often greatly at variance with their actual experience. It is true, 

 that in July the weather is generally more unsettled with us than 

 in any other month ; but even then, as at other tunes, the expe- 

 rience of tourists will prove, that there is very rarely a whole 

 day, or, at any rate, there are still seldom er two or three succes- 

 sive days, in which their progress need be suspended. The very 

 intervals between showers are often peculiarly enjoyable, from the 

 purity of the air ; and the lights and shades on the mountains 

 are in such intervals often truly captivating, and serve in great 

 measure to lessen the disappointment of being obliged to keep 

 within doors more than is agreeable. Several such intervals will 

 generally be found, in which one may stroll about v^ithout risk of 

 suffering from showers. 



It was a saying of King Charles II, to some who were boasting 

 of the climate of Italy, that he considered that to be the finest 

 climate in which he could with enjoyment, or at least without 

 inconvenience, be in the open air the most hours of the day, and 

 the most days in the year; and that he considered to be the 

 climate of England. 



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