Journal by Dorothy Wordsworth, 1805 November : autograph manuscript
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954
a mountainous ramble
by D Wordsworth
sister to the poet.
November 1805
William and Mary returned from Parkhouse by the Patter-
dale road along with Mr and Mrs Clarkson, having
made a delightful excursion of three days. They had
engaged that Wm and I should go to Mr Luff’s
on Wednesday or Thursday if the weather conti-
nued favorable. It was not very promising on
Wednesday; but, having been fine for so long a time,
we thought that there would not be an entire change
all at once, therefore on a damp and gloomy morn-
ing we set forward, Wm on foot, and I upon the
pony with W.’s great coat slung over the saddle
crutch and a wallet containing our bundle of
“needments.” As we went along the mists gathered
upon the vallies, and it even rained all the
way to the head of Patterdale; but there was
never a drop [two words cancelled, illegible] upon my habit larger
than the smallest pearls upon a Lady’s ring.
The trees of the larger Island upon Rydale
Lake were of the most gorgeous colours, the
whole Island reflected in the water, as I remember
once in particular to have seen it with dear
Transcription courtesy of Conor Hilton, Nicholas Mason, and Paul Westover of Brigham Young University.
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