Bassenthwaite

/ ˈbæsənˌθweɪt /

noun

Northern lights remarkably fine—chiefly a purple-blue—in shooting pyramids, moved from over Bassenthwaite behind Skiddaw.

At Bassenthwaite a man and his son trained a pair of otters to fish in the lake.

Oh, that instead of it, I could but send to you the image now before my eyes, over Bassenthwaite.

Both snow and hail are recorded on the 10th in the register kept for me at Bassenthwaite Halls, at the foot of Skiddaw.

Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite lake are the only lakes seen, and but one of these from the summit.

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