Excerpt from Holidays in the English Lakeland: What to See in This World-Famous "Holiday Country" Being the most southerly, largest and most accessible of the lakes, finder mere must take first place. This involves no discussion on the beauties of Derwentwater and Ullswater. The usual points of Windermere aimed for are (i) the high-lying Windermere village and station, nearly I% miles from Bowness on the lake, and (2) the route recommended by the poet W'ordsworth over a century ago which an increasing number now follow. ...
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Excerpt from Holidays in the English Lakeland: What to See in This World-Famous "Holiday Country" Being the most southerly, largest and most accessible of the lakes, finder mere must take first place. This involves no discussion on the beauties of Derwentwater and Ullswater. The usual points of Windermere aimed for are (i) the high-lying Windermere village and station, nearly I% miles from Bowness on the lake, and (2) the route recommended by the poet W'ordsworth over a century ago which an increasing number now follow. They come by rail up the gorge of the River Leven on the Lakeside Branch from Ulverston, and traverse the lake either to Bowness (6 m.) or Waterhead (11 m.) (amble side) piers. In these years of motor services it. Is easy to reach any part of the long townlet which stretches from Bowness bay to Windermere station (15 or any place along the mile from Waterhead pier to Ambleside. Bowness, Windermere and Ambleside are places capable of entertaining any and every class of visitor. There are first - class hotels which have been the home of Royalty, temperance and lodgings, and so keenly does the entertainment industry organise itself that even in the busiest times a room is usually to be discovered, perhaps at short notice. The people who prefer comfort write ahead and make sure of rooms and food. In point of size, Windermere and Bowness make one straggling town of about in habitants, and Ambleside has a population of under but in both districts the accommodation of visitors has been practised and studied for many years, and there is a high standard of service. There is plenty of choice of hotels at Windermere, Bowness, and on the Lake. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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