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Page 126:-
as the camp at Whitbarrow has to old Penrith and Keswick.
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along Bassenthwaite Lake
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From Caer-mot descend to Ouse-bridge, and return to Keswick up
the western side of the lake. Every lover of landscape should
take this ride in the afternoon; and if the sun shine it is
exceedingly pleasant. The road branches off from the great road
to Cockermouth, a little below the bridge, and leads through the
wood, and round Castle-how. In some places it rises above the
lake a considerable height, and the water is agreeably seen at
intervals through a screen of low wood that decks its banks. Then
the road descends to the level of the water, and presents you
with a variety of surprising views, in different styles, that
show themselves in an agreeable succession, as the eye wanders in
amazement along the lake.
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station, Beck Wythop
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STATION IV. At Beck-wythop, the lake spreads out to a great
expanse of water, and its outlet is concealed by Castle-how. The
immediate shore is lined with rocks, that range along banks
completely dressed in low wood, and over them Wythop-brows rise
almost perpendicular. The opposite shore is much variegated, and
deeply embayed by the bold promontories of Scareness, Bowness,
and Bradness. Just opposite to you, a little
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gazetteer links
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-- Bassenthwaite Lake circuit
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-- "Caer mot" -- Caermote
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-- station, Beck Wythop
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