Buttermere Lake Walk
| "There are two possible origins for the name "Buttermere": One, that Buttermere means "the lake by the dairy pastures" (from the Old English "butere mere") Two, that it is the corrupt form of a personal name. Robert Ferguson asserts in his 1866 work, "The Northmen in Cumberland and Westmoreland" that Buttermere derives from the Old Norse personal name "Buthar", as in "Buthar's mere" (lake). This accords with local tradition which says that the valley of Buttermere was part of the holdings of an 11th century Norse chieftain called "Buthar" (sometimes spelt "Boethar"). Large numbers of Vikings settled in Cumbria during the 9th and 10th centuries and many names in the area are of Norse origin; streams are termed becks, from the Old Norse bekkr, mountains are 'fells' from the Norse fjall, waterfalls forces "fos", ravines 'gills' , valleys "dales" from the ON dalr, and small lakes are termed tarns which derives from tjorn, meaning teardrop." |
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A circuit of the wonderfully pretty Buttermere is one of the best ways to while away a summer afternoon, the placid Buttermere on one side and the high mountains on the other.
Highlights of the walk may be sightings of the many red squirrels in Birtness Wood or the walk through the tunnel on the northern shore of the lake or simply the stunning views of the mountains surrounding the lake.
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Buttermere Lake Walk: Private Guiding
£75.00 From £9.00 per personA wonderful flat walk along the shores of Buttermere, wonderful scenery both of tha lake and of the surrounding mountains make this a walk to savour. The Buttermere lakeshore has a wide variety of walking, from the wooded banks on the southern shores to a short stretch through an old tunnel on the northern shores there is plenty of variety. Learn More- Add to Wishlist
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