Tourist's Guide to the English Lake District (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879. Excerpt: ... ULLSWATER SECTION. PATTEBDALE. At Patterdale are two large hotels--the TTllswater, charmingly situated close to the lake, and the Patterdale Hotel, a few hundred yards from the head of the lake. There is also in the hamlet the White Lion, a small, comfortable inn, and some good houses where private lodgings may be obtained. Patterdale is a telegraph station. Here the tourist will be surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in the whole district. He may have boating and fishing on the lake, saunter into wild, secluded glens, or climb lofty, rugged heights. The more this neighbourhood is known, the more it will be appreciated, the scenery on every side being in the highest degree picturesque and beautiful. Bound TJllswater Lake. Sandwici, 4Jm.; How Town, 6m.; Pooley Bridge, 10m.; Brackenrigg Hotel, 12m.; Lyulph's Tower, 16Jm.; Patterdale, 20m. This is throughout a most delightful excursion; more especially so from Patterdale to How Town, and from Lyulph's Tower to Patterdale. There is a good carriage-road from Pooley Bridge to Patterdale, on the N. side of the lake, and also between Pooley Bridge and How Town, on the S. side; but merely a bridle-path between How Town and Patterdale. Those who do not desire to make the circuit of the lake, may travel a part of the journey, and for the remaining distance avail themselves of the steamer which plies between Patterdale, How Town, and Pooley. There are two bridges over the Goldrill Beck, near the head of the lake. It is desirable to pass over the one a few yards above the Patterdale Hotel and hamlet. After crossing the river and valley, a point on the fell-side is reached where are two paths in opposite directions. The right-hand one takes the shortest cut to How Town; it ascends the hill at the back of P...