The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-02

ton of exploring all other touring dis
tricts. a tour In the English lake, dis
trict is like sitting in an armchair and
turning the leaves Of a picture album.
1t Is the richest means in all Europe of
surte1tlng yourself 6 with enc at
small effort. Unlike all other scenic
resorts, il, has no dull patches; and it
has equally no climax; for as surely as
you think that you, have discovered the
pear! or all scenes today you will find
the diamond tomorrow.
The wonderful. thing about the lake
district is the i~ntricacy of. it's detail.
1t is to all other scenery what ivory
carving is to a stage canvas. Within
This little heart-shaped Gordon there
are hfteen lakes, large and small. and
so many mountains that they jostle
each other for foothold. Every AXE is
quite different from the last you have
seen. There are tender lakes, like
Grasmerer; lakes locked in vivid verdi
ure. like Windermere; majestic lakes.
ike Ullswater; 'austere lakes, like
Crummock; lonely silence-haunted
lakes, like Haweswater; Derwentwater
magical with a panorama from it's
mid-surface that not even Killarney
can equal n Wastwater, UNIQUE for
its goodir rimness. And these noun
tains-crowding each other so. that an
SAN W l1lC1lL GdIl IOSG Ills DeaIlnR
or their peaks-are not so much noun
tains as castles of all colors, changing
every hour under the wand of a mar
Vicious atmosphere, an atmosphere that
5000 feet of glowing rock or
emerald turf as -cloud-aspiring as the
and many times more beauti-
full.
First View of Winermere.
Here is a tour that will show you
all the best of the. English lakeland,
convention, which. after all, is concre-
t1on OF all good Judgment has made it
tne routine Of most travellers. Conyen-
ton will make amends to you by Civ
ing you coaches and steamers all the
way, and goodhotels. Steamers, coaches
and hotels are organized and efficient
here as in no other British touring
ground.
The ease of a lake district tour be-
gins at Euston, whence you are whirl-
ed In luxury to Windermere in some
SIX hours. Time your arrival by the
!ate afternoon OF early evening train;
n your hotel, and then, If you are no
stickler for a table d'hote dinner, go
the gentle stroll that will take you to
Orrest Head. 1t will be your introduce
ton and love-at-first-s sight with Lake
land. For you will see all Windermere
from end to end below<you, and all the
1o1ASS dA1o "ltaSSL ESplGIuOTe Oh HnQ
piled against the sunset. You will
think that you have seer the best al
ready; believe me, 1T is only the cur
raiser.
Let us take it in days. If Your holi-
day has more days than this pro-
gramme o can find as many more
routes as you wish; or you can fill
them with exquisite peace of q loafng
day on Derwentwater, Ullswater, or
the pocket paradise of Borrow
dale. First day: Windermere to Tarn
and Coniston. Second day. !
W1ndermere to Grasmere by steamer
coach, and an afternoon on
Loughrigg terrace. ThifA day: sGras-
mere to keswick, coach. Fourth, day:
Electric launch to Lodore. walk by
H1gh Lodore to Watenlath, down to
and back through Borrow
dale. Fifth day: THE Buttermore
coach. Sixth day: Train
keswick to Penrith, coach to PooIey
bridge, steamer up Lake Ullswater to
Patterdale. Seventh day, coach to
Windermere.
e of all the district. If YOU are
economical you can walk or cycle most
q the coach rides; IL you are ener-
get1c you a do much more. IL you
are a lover of utter wilderness you can
leave h Borrowdale coach at Seatol-
Ter and trudge over Sty-Head to Vast
little more energy, and you
VIII ascend Great Gable as you 60, and
tread the finest mountain and see theI
grandest DISSOLUTION in England.
The Lazy Way and the Other.
For my programme lis the lazy way of |
lake district-the way OF most,peo-
pie, and lazily tuned to this .drowsy,
soothing and blessed sleep giving lo-
tus land. The arduous was is that
you saddle yourself with a rucksack.
90 shod in nailed boots, and take toI
passes and the tops. You Will and
that your legs and lungs are truculent,
malingering knaves; that d pack weigh
ing twelve pounds when you start
weighs twelve tons at mid-day; that
mere can be more boys on an English
mountain than in all county Mayo
more sharp stones than in the
of Lydia. And you will also
IL you and the weather can hold
for a few days, that stones, boys.
md twelve ton weights become aerial
'antasies: that life and the sheer act
# living becomes a boys ~ecstacy: and
hat the one better thing than each
uptake of hilltops, air and rnagi-
al vistas lis each evenings descent to
little inn, the great meal. and the
inltterable peace of the lakeside that
s vet not such peace as You have
within you, That Is the other way for
English lakeland. and / need giveI9
rou no itinerary for 1t. IF YOU are
4 the stuff for II you will make your
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