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1 From tob tosee Your Scenic Guide to Services 77 & 77 Keswick. Whinlatter. Buttermere. Grange. Keswick The Honister ambler ride to heart of the fells Have we got views for you...

2 Lakeland see and explore... as never before Osprey Project 77 Whinlatter Forest Park Portinscale Keswick Cumberland Pencil Museum 77 Crummock Water 77 Buttermere Honister YH & Slate Mine Honister Slate Mine ter ange dge oller For timetable information contact traveline on

3 GUIDE TO YOU IDE scenic celebration of Lakeland from the outdoor capital of Cumbria. From mid-pril to the end of October the distinctive little green and yellow Stagecoach buses alternate between the anti-clockwise service 77 and clockwise service 77, making eight round trips per day (four in each direction). wonderfully scenic fell circuit from Keswick, the little bus crosses over the Whinlatter and Honister Passes, discovering the dramatic settings of Crummock Water, Buttermere and Derwentwater. The leaflet reveals landscape highlights of a stunningly beautiful 16-mile journey, pictures appear sequentially, in harmony with the 77 service. To help you anticipate when and where to look, each picture has a capital letter set into box above the green stage bar showing adjacent stops, guiding your eyes : L (left) (right) (ahead) B (behind) KESWICK BITHWITE WHINLTTE FOEST PK VISITO CENTE SETOLLE GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE POTINSCLE KESWICK Keswick is the springboard of so many fine expeditions, none more stimulating and relaxing than the bus run up and over Whinlatter into the Lorton vale. Turning east, the bus greets the great fells surrounding Crummock Water, with Mellbreak and Grasmoor to the fore. unning on beneath annerdale Knotts it leads into and out of the village of Buttermere, which faces onto the massive mountain wall of High Stile, with its lofty combes. Soon the distinctive knobbly form of Haystacks and the sharply rising ridge of Fleetwith Pike catch the eye at the head of Buttermere. The bus runs up the wild Honister Pass, after its testing final pull over the top, it encounters a new world across Borrowdale with Helvellyn on the far eastern skyline and Glaramara closer on the right. eaching Seatoller the bus winds down through the Jaws of Borrowdale, a most beautiful gorge, to Grange. The final ecstatic passage promenades above Derwentwater to conclude near Portinscale close by the outflow of the lake, the bus then returns to Keswick. owling End Eel Crag Grasmoor Grisedale Pike Causey Pike Hopegill Head Sail Coledale Outerside Barrow KESWICK BITHWITE Keswick Show Field

Dodd Longside Edge Skiddaw Little Man Carl Side Skiddaw purple hue of heather - the glory of ugust

Spot the white-washed pinnacle set high above the Swan Hotel in Thornthwaite Braithwaite KESWICK

BITHWITE WHINLT TE FOEST PK VISITO CENTE Noble Knott Viewpoint - providing a marvellous prospect

4 Dodd Longside Edge Skiddaw Little Man Carl Side Skiddaw purple hue of heather - the glory of ugust 66 KESWICK BITHWITE Seat How iver Derwent Barf Bishop of Barf. Spot the white-washed pinnacle set high above the Swan Hotel in Thornthwaite Braithwaite KESWICK BITHWITE Bassenthwaite Longside Edge Skiddaw Skiddaw Little Man Ullock Pike Carl Side Dodd BITHWITE WHINLT TE FOEST PK VISITO CENTE Noble Knott Viewpoint - providing a marvellous prospect upon the Derwent vale (above) - marks the entre into the scenic delights of Whinlatter Forest Park, with its waymarked walks and cycle trails.

Entrance to the Whinlatter Forest Park Visitor Centre, popular for family nature study, see TV screens showing live action of ospreys and woodpeckers Beyond the cafe

Progressively regimented stands of conifers are giving way to more diverse woodland, both to delight the eye and gladden nature s heart.

5 Entrance to the Whinlatter Forest Park Visitor Centre, popular for family nature study, see TV screens showing live action of ospreys and woodpeckers Beyond the cafe and shop an abundance of paths wind through the woodland - enough to tire young legs! Progressively regimented stands of conifers are giving way to more diverse woodland, both to delight the eye and gladden nature s heart. BITHWITE Grisedale Pike B Hobcarton Crag Ladyside Pike Swinside Plantation Hobcarton Gill WHINLT TE FOEST PK VISITO CENTE L Whiteside Great Borne Dodd Mellbreak Gavel Fell Hen Comb Scales WHINLT TE FOEST PK VISITO CENTE L Scales comes from the Norse word skali meaning huts

Mellbreak Lanthwaite Hill Scale Hill In 1089, whilst advancing his contended claim to Cumbria, King Malcolm III of Scotland stayed at Lorton Tower (on the site

colonisation of the valley by Irish Norse settlers - thwaite means a clearing Grasmoor means the grassy fell, though it looks quite the reverse!

annerdale Knotts Gasgale Gill The open common at Lanthwaite Green presages the arrival above Crummock Water, the little crooked lake, though it looks big and

6 Mellbreak Lanthwaite Hill Scale Hill In 1089, whilst advancing his contended claim to Cumbria, King Malcolm III of Scotland stayed at Lorton Tower (on the site of the present Lorton Hall) Grasmoor The many thwaite place-names in the area suggest that the valley was thickly wooded so needed to be cleared during the C10th colonisation of the valley by Irish Norse settlers - thwaite means a clearing Grasmoor means the grassy fell, though it looks quite the reverse! Gasgale refers to bogmyrtle or sweet gale, a gently scented herb, renowned for its insect repelling qualities... yon midges better beware! annerdale Knotts Gasgale Gill The open common at Lanthwaite Green presages the arrival above Crummock Water, the little crooked lake, though it looks big and straight. Loweswater the leafy lake is hidden from view, but you will enjoy views of enchanting Buttermere the lake where butter was made. BUT TEMEE heather slopes disguise the white side Whiteside Whin Ben L

Buttress Birkness Comb (Eagle Crag) High Stile High Stile means tall obstacle Buttermere The bus turns at

7 annerdale Knotts High Stile ed Pike Starling Dodd Mellbreak Crummock Water Blake Fell Burnbank Fell Loweswater (out of sight) Mellbreak which means the bald speckled hill Crummock Water High Crag Sheepbone Buttress Birkness Comb (Eagle Crag) High Stile High Stile means tall obstacle Buttermere The bus turns at the Fish Hotel in Buttermere village, affording time to sense the majestic setting of this little community SETOLLE

Warnscale Crags Innominate Tarn hides here Great Gable Haystacks Scarth Gap slopes of High Crag path to upper Ennerdale and Black Sail Youth Hostel

Fleetwith Pike SETOLLE Honister Crag Gatesgarth, springboard for walks around Buttermere and to Haystacks, where the ashes of the much-loved author

slopes of Dale Head SETOLLE t the top of the pass 860m/1,181ft find a youth hostel and the Honister Slate Mine and shop.

8 Warnscale Crags Innominate Tarn hides here Great Gable Haystacks Scarth Gap slopes of High Crag path to upper Ennerdale and Black Sail Youth Hostel Buttermere White bags containing boulders for path pitching (summer 2003), valuable work to sustain the fell paths for generations to come. Fleetwith Pike SETOLLE Honister Crag Gatesgarth, springboard for walks around Buttermere and to Haystacks, where the ashes of the much-loved author lfred Wainwright were scattered. Dark grey scree indicates spoil from slate quarrying, visible on both sides near the summit of the pass. slopes of Dale Head SETOLLE t the top of the pass 860m/1,181ft find a youth hostel and the Honister Slate Mine and shop. The effects of glaciation very apparent, see the smoothed outcrops and erratic boulders littering the dale bottom Honister Crag Gatesgarth Dale, literally the valley leading to the pass SETOLLE

Castle Crag - with an Iron ge hill fort on its summit, Borrowdale means the

Goat Crag Jaws of Borrowdale SETOLLE L GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE High Spy Maiden Moor

dialect it is pronounced Darren SETOLLE GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE L Black Crag Brund

9 Castle Crag - with an Iron ge hill fort on its summit, Borrowdale means the valley with a fort. Goat Crag Jaws of Borrowdale SETOLLE L GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE High Spy Maiden Moor Goat Crag Grange-in-Borrowdale in the calm of winter iver Derwent in local dialect it is pronounced Darren SETOLLE GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE L Black Crag Brund Fell osthwaite Fell Castle Crag Kings How Native oak - the iver Derwent derives its name from the Celtic derw meaning oakwood GNGE-IN-BOOWDLE B POTINSCLE

Bleaberry Fell shness Gill High Seat Lodore Hotel Shepherd s Brown Gowder Crag Knott Crag eecastle hill-fort Strutta Wood Beatrix Potter used Catbells and St Herbert s Isle as the settings for

first property purchased in the Lake District by the National Trust (1900).

10 Bleaberry Fell shness Gill High Seat Lodore Hotel Shepherd s Brown Gowder Crag Knott Crag eecastle hill-fort Strutta Wood Beatrix Potter used Catbells and St Herbert s Isle as the settings for Squirrel Nutkin Derwentwater GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE POTINSCLE Blencathra Walla Crag Falcon Crag Castle Head - the plug of an ancient volcano Keswick means the cheese bay Great Wood Brandelhow Park the first property purchased in the Lake District by the National Trust (1900). Derwentwater GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE POTINSCLE owling End Causey Pike Scar Crags Outerside Tight hair-pin at Hawes End where the gorgeous Newlands valley comes into view. The new lands refer to the draining of Uzzicar Tarn in the C13th, when a causewayed dam was removed. Causey Pike means the causeway-like peak. GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE POTINSCLE Swinside Longside Edge Skiddaw Skiddaw Carl Side Little Man the finest summit viewpoint in the Lake District GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE POTINSCLE

Catbells wild cat shelter Skelgill Bank bank of the roaring stream Maiden Moor Yewthwaite Comb Knott End Hindscarth Newlands Portiscale has an unusual meaning - the hore s hut, a term of derision

11 Catbells wild cat shelter Skelgill Bank bank of the roaring stream Maiden Moor Yewthwaite Comb Knott End Hindscarth Newlands Portiscale has an unusual meaning - the hore s hut, a term of derision coined by the men of Keswick, when local girls were attracted to the Germans who had been brought into the area in the mid-1500s to develop the local copper mines; for their own safety the miners lived on the islands of Derwentwater. King s How was named as a memorial to King Edward VII in 1910, after its acquisition by the National Trust - the largest landowner in Lakeland Grange derives its name from the medieval monastic estate owned by Furness bbey. herd wick was a sheep farm hence the Herdwick breed, sheep descended from native hardy Iron ge stock. GNGE-IN- BOOWDLE B POTINSCLE Grange Fell Greatend Crag Grange-in-Borrowdale

12 customer careline complaints & lost property head office Stagecoach North West 2nd Floor Broadacre House Lowther Street Carlisle C3 8D 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

Your Scenic Guide to Services X4 & X5. Penrith Keswick Cockermouth Workington. trans Cumbrian

FromA tob tosee Your Scenic Guide to Services X4 & X5 Penrith Keswick Cockermouth Workington trans Cumbrian THE SMOOTH CONNECTION The Cumbrian Connexion service forms the swiftest connection from a main