Have we got views for you...

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "Have we got views for you..."

Laurence Carroll
5 years ago
Views:

1 FromA tob tosee Your Scenic Guide to Services 108 & 517 Penrith > Ullswater < Bowness-on-Windermere THE YEA-OUND 108 SEVICE WITH THE SUMME-SEASON KIKSTONE AMBE Have we got views for you...

2 akeland see and explore...as never before For timetable information contact traveline on

A GUIDE TO YOU IDE These two journeys conjure up all the magic and romance of the English ake District within a combined distance of 30 miles: a glorious crescendo of fells and lakes.

3 A GUIDE TO YOU IDE These two journeys conjure up all the magic and romance of the English ake District within a combined distance of 30 miles: a glorious crescendo of fells and lakes. This leaflet serves as the perfect introduction to both buses, though it is only possible to make the through-journey connection in high summer. Nonetheless, it offers a vivid visual impression of two stunningly beautiful travel experiences. Captioned images are set in sequence from Penrith and Bowness. To help you anticipate in which direction to look, each picture has a capital letter set into a box above the green stage bar, to guide your eyes: (left) (right) A (ahead) B (behind) PENITH POOEY BIDGE SEVICE 108 KIKSTONE PASS BOWNESS SEVICE 517 Service 108 Penrith to Patterdale 40 minutes The journey to Ullswater via historic Eamont Bridge, charming Tirril and vibrant Pooley Bridge leads through a soothing pastoral landscape. The clamour of town, motorway and railway quickly forgotten as the first delightful fell backdrop draws ever nearer. Crossing the Eamont for the second time the bus gives access to the lake steamer. However, bus passengers can revel in the scenic intimacies of the lakeside road. The bus weaves along a road with the constant pleasure of views across a glistening lake sprinkled with yachts, the appetite constantly whetted with an ever growing mass of shapely fells ahead. Journeying by a sequence of old deer parks, Wordsworth s famous daffodils and yulf s Tower, close by Aira Force. Then sneak a view into the high fells above Glencoyne, across to land-locked Martindale and elegant Place Fell. After Glenridding, an old mining village and popular springboard for Helvellyn, the bus leaves the head of the lake to turn at Patterdale, with its grand view up Grisedale. The Millennium Stone, an inscribed Shap granite monolith erected in July With the Christian cross are alpha and omega symbolising the unity between the people of Eden throughout time, directly linking with those of nearby Mayburgh and King Arthur s ound Table. A Bronze Age ceremonial monument some 4,000 years old Mayburgh Henge - the name means maiden s earthwork PENITH POOEY BIDGE

Beda Fell Hallin Fell Place Fell Birk Fell Martindale Pooley Bridge Pier for the lake

Beda Fell Ullswater Marina Sharrow Bay Hotel is one of the most prestigious in

Paul McCarthy brought his bride Heather here for their honeymoon POOEY BIDGE Birkhouse

4 Beda Fell Hallin Fell Place Fell Birk Fell Martindale Pooley Bridge Pier for the lake steamer to Howtown and Glenridding POOEY BIDGE Arthur s Pike Bonscale Pike Pikawassa Beda Fell Ullswater Marina Sharrow Bay Hotel is one of the most prestigious in akeland, with a reputation for the finest cuisine. Paul McCarthy brought his bride Heather here for their honeymoon POOEY BIDGE Birkhouse Moor Helvellyn Catstycam Helvellyn ower Man aise 950 m/3,116ft Sheffield Pike Birk Fell Heron Pike Gowbarrow odge > POOEY BIDGE A

High Street oman oad ran along the skyline, a bracing march between Voreda (Old Penrith) and Galava (Ambleside) Arthur s Pike Bonscale Pike POOEY BIDGE The term

Indeed, the first expression of the vogue in buildings was along the lake shore at yulf s Tower (spotted just before the Aira Force car park).

..and all because the lady loves Milk Tray. Ullswater which means Ulf s lake, presumably a significant C10th Norse settler.

5 High Street oman oad ran along the skyline, a bracing march between Voreda (Old Penrith) and Galava (Ambleside) Arthur s Pike Bonscale Pike POOEY BIDGE The term picturesque is frequently applied to Ullswater, it has C18th Italian origins. Indeed, the first expression of the vogue in buildings was along the lake shore at yulf s Tower (spotted just before the Aira Force car park). A peel tower medievally embellished in 1780 by the Duke of Norfolk - it was the film location of the romantic Cadbury s chocolate advert...and all because the lady loves Milk Tray. Ullswater which means Ulf s lake, presumably a significant C10th Norse settler. It is the most sporting of akeland lakes, hosting regular yacht racing events Birks St Sunday Crag Glenridding Dodd Heron Pike Keldas Sheffield Pike POOEY BIDGE site of late medieval shepherd s shieling A Greenside location of Seldom Seen an old lead miners terrace Glencoyne Farm (National Trust) traditional C17th farmstead POOEY BIDGE

Thornthwaite Crag Hartsop Dodd Caudale Moor Arnison Crag

footpath of exquisite delight linking Howtown with

How Silver Point Norfolk Island POOEY BIDGE Heron Pike

BIDGE Birkhouse Moor National Park Information Centre

6 Thornthwaite Crag Hartsop Dodd Caudale Moor Arnison Crag POOEY BIDGE A Along the far shore runs an undulating footpath of exquisite delight linking Howtown with Patterdale Birk Fell, silver birch-clothed hill Kilbert How Silver Point Norfolk Island POOEY BIDGE Heron Pike sea eagles peak Glenridding Dodd Stybarrow Oaks POOEY BIDGE Birkhouse Moor National Park Information Centre Glenridding is Celtic for bracken infested valley some things just don t change!

Place Fell open space hill-pasture Boredale Hause pass of the dale with a storehouse From these meadows to its outflow as the iver Eamont at Pooley Bridge, Ullswater is 7.5 miles/12km long.

7 Place Fell open space hill-pasture Boredale Hause pass of the dale with a storehouse From these meadows to its outflow as the iver Eamont at Pooley Bridge, Ullswater is 7.5 miles/12km long.the lake is picturesquely split into three distinct reaches High Crag Nethermost Pike Birkhouse Moor Striding Edge Keldas Grisedale valley where pigs foraged The church is dedicated to a C10th Irish/Norse Padraic. Inside, seek out the remarkable set of embroidered tapestries, the work of Ann Macbeth Service 517 Kirkstone ambler 55 minutes Bowness-on-Windermere to Glenridding From popular promenade, with its access to lovely lake cruises, the Kirkstone ambler sets out on its great lakes connection bound for Ullswater. Spinning along the wood-fringed ayrigg oad by Hammar Bank and the A591 roundabout it heads into the beautiful Troutbeck valley. With ever more stunning westward views and nearer, across the dale, the old village strung along a quiet by-road. Passing the parish church, the bus summons up the gears on the steady climb to a wonderful brink overlooking Troutbeck Park backed by the high fells buttressing the High Street range. Traversing the head of the Stock Ghyll valley, with ed Screes a powerful presence ahead, it levels by the famous inn, catches a glimpse of the Kirk Stone, before weaving down the serpentine pass. unning on by Brotherswater Inn an array of shapely fells crowd the scene, with Dovedale a lovely composition. Now by the broad shining level of Brotherswater and the shy hamlet of ow Hartsop, the bus weaves all along the Goldrill Beck valley, through Patterdale, to arrive at the head of the second longest lake in England. The bus loops in Glenridding, ready for the return journey.

Dunmail aise Great igg Steel Fell Heron Pike Dove Crag Fairfield ed Screes Wansfell Pike cruise from Newby Bridge At 11

aise BOWNESS Claife Heights Windermere Hammar Bank viewpoint.

Blisco angdale Pikes Tarns Hows Black Fell Windermere, from the Norse Vinand s lake.

From ow Borrans a majestic prospect opens across a rolling Silurian landscape of woods and pastures into the volcanic

8 Dunmail aise Great igg Steel Fell Heron Pike Dove Crag Fairfield ed Screes Wansfell Pike cruise from Newby Bridge At 11 miles/17 km this is the longest natural lake in England Brim Fell Crinkle Crags Harrison Stickle Wetherlam Bowfell High aise BOWNESS Claife Heights Windermere Hammar Bank viewpoint. Claife means ridge of cliffs BOWNESS Coniston Old Man Crinkle Crags Scafell Pike High aise Wetherlam Bowfell The Pike o Blisco angdale Pikes Tarns Hows Black Fell Windermere, from the Norse Vinand s lake. The town of that name only came into being after the arrival of the railway in1847. From ow Borrans a majestic prospect opens across a rolling Silurian landscape of woods and pastures into the volcanic interior of the akes, above Coniston and Great angdale - Scenic? I ll say it is! Troutbeck, comprising clusters of farmsteads strung along a quiet valley side road Townend, a classic yeoman s house circa1626 (National Trust) do pay a visit BOWNESS BOWNESS

St Jesus Chapel, Troutbeck, contains Jacobean features, the tower was built in 1736,

Froswick Ill Bell bell shaped hill A KIKSTONE PASS Yoke shoulder shaped hill Scot s ake

High Street oman oad, the name echoes folk memories of the much-feared Border eiver

9 St Jesus Chapel, Troutbeck, contains Jacobean features, the tower was built in 1736, see the Burne-Jones east window Ill Bell Yoke Thornthwaite Crag spot the tall cairn Froswick Ill Bell bell shaped hill A KIKSTONE PASS Yoke shoulder shaped hill Scot s ake Troutbeck Tongue a medieval deer park Park Farm Scot s ake is the rising line of the High Street oman oad, the name echoes folk memories of the much-feared Border eiver raids Threshthwaite Mouth Thornthwaite Crag Scot s ake KIKSTONE PASS Froswick Ill Bell KIKSTONE PASS

The Kirk Stone is fleetingly seen near the top of the pass (this is a close-up), the name derives from a

Place Fell slopes of Caudale Moor slopes of ed Screes, which looms impressively above the Kirkstone Pass Kirkstone

Scandale Pass KIKSTONE PASS slopes of Dovedale High Hartsop Dodd The top of Scrubby Crag the dark valley

10 The Kirk Stone is fleetingly seen near the top of the pass (this is a close-up), the name derives from a superstition that it was an ancient goblin s church The Kirk Stone Brotherswater Angletarn Pikes Boredale Hause Place Fell slopes of Caudale Moor slopes of ed Screes, which looms impressively above the Kirkstone Pass Kirkstone Pass Middle Dodd Caiston Glen 1,481ft 451m keystone-shaped rock dale with Glen deriving from the Celtic glyn Scandale Pass KIKSTONE PASS slopes of Dovedale High Hartsop Dodd The top of Scrubby Crag the dark valley overlooking ink Cove on Fairfield Dove Crag Hart Crag B KIKSTONE PASS Hogget Gill Stangs Dove Falls KIKSTONE PASS hoghouse, for over-wintering sheep

Place Fell Angletarn Pikes Brotherswater Inn The name Angle Tarn implies an old stocked fishing pool on the fell ed Screes Caiston Glen ittle Hart Crag Middle Dodd High Hartsop Dodd Dove

plateau of High Street, the highest point on the Far Eastern Fells, and the setting of annual horse-racing events which ceased in the C19th.

out the arboretum and engaged Anthony Salvin to design the house and parish church. The Hall serves the 21st century as an outdoor centre.

11 Place Fell Angletarn Pikes Brotherswater Inn The name Angle Tarn implies an old stocked fishing pool on the fell ed Screes Caiston Glen ittle Hart Crag Middle Dodd High Hartsop Dodd Dove Crag Dovedale A KIKSTONE PASS Brotherswater - probably corrupted from a lost Norse personal-name B KIKSTONE PASS slopes of Hartsop above How A bridle-path leads up from ow Hartsop onto the plateau of High Street, the highest point on the Far Eastern Fells, and the setting of annual horse-racing events which ceased in the C19th. Hartsop Dodd Gray Crag Pasture Beck valley leading up to Threshthwaite Mouth ow Hartsop The present C19th Patterdale Hall is the work of the eeds textile baron William Marshall who laid out the arboretum and engaged Anthony Salvin to design the house and parish church. The Hall serves the 21st century as an outdoor centre. KIKSTONE PASS Birkhouse Moor The quaintly narrow White ion Hotel Keldas the slope with springs a wooded hill above Patterdale Hall, known as The Palace by the Mounseys, self-styled Kings and Queens of Patterdale in the C18th. A KIKSTONE PASS Goldrill Beck means the marsh marigold stream

12 customer careline complaints & lost property head office Stagecoach North West 2nd Floor Broadacre House owther Street Carlisle CA3 8DA nationwide rail enquiries www. stagecoachbus.com Calls from BT landlines cost 10p. Call from other service providers may vary. Concept, words and pictures 2003 Mark ichards

PLEASE JOIN US & TELL YOUR FRIENDS

PLEASE JOIN US & TELL YOUR FRIENDS INVITATION TO WALK OR RUN ONE OF THE PATTERDALE PARISH BOUNDARY WALKS SATURDAY 1 July 2017 IN AID OF AND CHURCH 1. The Full Monty - The whole Patterdale Parish Boundary is about 30 miles long and has about