Keswick
Friday morning
Dear Trevelyan,
I arrived here yesterday, having been obliged to go about by Penrith. I never had a pleasanter journey than from Newcastle to this place. The road from Newcastle to Hexham is extremely pretty: from thence to Carlisle it degenerates, but this does not signify, as you pass it after dusk. From Carlisle you get the first view of Skiddaw and Saddleback. – From Carlisle to Penrith the road is rather dull. I ascended Penrith Beacon whence I saw part of Ullswater together with many gentlemens seats including Lowther Castle on which the Union Jack was flying. The whole town of Penrith which is very long, appears stretched out before you In front is the waving line of the Cumberland & Westmoreland hills: and behind is a vast chain of lofty barren hills without a name. The Day is become so pleasant that I cannot write any more.
Yrs very sincerely
W. H. F. Talbot