Gray's Journal Entry: ‘It has already been remarked that this country derives no inconsiderable advantage in respect of beauty from its buildings and bridges. The present view is selected pricipally with a design of illustrating and confirming that observation. The scene itself lies upon the road leading from Ambleside to Hawkshead about a mile from the former place. It can hardly fail to attract the notice of the admirer of landscape and has not unfrequently called into exercise the powers of the artist. The long lines and flat roofs so much admired in the Italian buildings are peculiarly striking. The houses form a part of the village of Clappersgate. Lancashire is separated from Westmorland by the Brathay: It soon unites itself with the Rothay, and after a short course they enter Windermere together. The upper part of the hill remains clear while its skirts are obscured by a cloud. This effect, though common enough among mountains, appears curious to those who have been accustomed only to level land.’