The return leg takes walkers past an impressive waterfall and along the rocky banks of the River Duddon, giving ample opportunities for scrambling across the huge boulders that have tumbled down the hillside. To understand why, take a walk from Seathwaite up to Wallowbarrow Crag then on towards Grassguards on the edge of Dunnerdale forest. The rich landscape exerted a powerful impression on him. Wordsworth published the River Duddon Sonnets in 1820 a series of poems that eventually grew to become some of his most respected. The spacious dwelling nestled in the hillside is also now a museum, and both are scheduled to open again soon in accordance with the latest government guidance. This was the house where Wordsworth was said to have spent his happiest days with his sister, wife and their daughter. Rydal Mount, Wordsworth’s home from 1813 until his death in 1850, can be found along this walk too, at the southern tip of Rydal Water. The house and gardens are now a museum that offers visitors a glimpse of what everyday life was like described by Wordsworth as “plain living and high thinking”. During this walk, look out for Dove Cottage just a short distance away from Grasmere’s northern shore, where Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy lived from 1799 to 1808. The crystal-clear water of the River Rothay runs from Rough Crag above Dunmail Raise and fills both lakes, before running into Windemere and branching off into several tributaries. These two tranquil bodies of water lie side by side on the valley floor and well-trodden footpaths around the shorelines make circumnavigating them an excellent two-hour walk.
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