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In the words of the old ballad of "Derwentwater" --
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Over Great End, Skiddaw and Blencathra it hurtled, sending cat's-paws racing across the lakes of Bassenthwaite, Derwentwater, Windermere, Coniston Water and fjord-like Ullswater.
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WINNING TIP: Keswick Launch, Lake DistrictWrap up warm and hop on the launch that chugs around Derwentwater from Keswick.
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One highlight is "dread Lodore", the waterfall at the southern end of Derwentwater, cascading through its fierce "rough rocks":Horrors like these at first alarm,But soon with savage grandeur charm,And raise to noblest thoughts the mind.
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An early pointer to the coming craze was John Brown's eloquently affectionate letter about Derwentwater in the London Chronicle in 1766.
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This trio may have been unusual in painting outdoors, but they were far from the first to try to catch the drama of the landscape, an attempt that started in the 1750s with William Beller's print of the great circle of mountains surrounding Derwentwater.
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Soon Derwentwater and Windermere offered the same thrills although travellers were warned to check that all the gunpowder was rammed in, to be sure they got the proper deal.
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The contrast could hardly be greater, between the view from the theatre cafe out across the sunset-tipped ripples of Derwentwater and the steel-doored room where three men are chained for no crime and for no fixed term claustrophobia-inducing design by Elizabeth Wright.
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Gray laid down the vital tour and stopping points: first Ullswater and Derwentwater, then past Helvellyn to Grasmere and Ambleside.
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It happened on Castlehead, a tree-girt tor so poised above the length of Derwentwater that you felt you could dive into its gleaming depths.
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