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    • 21-26 August 1803 ▼
      • 21 Aug 1803: Lanark, Hamilton
      • 22 Aug 1803: Hamilton, Glasgow
      • 23 Aug 1803: Glasgow, Dumbarton
      • 24 Aug 1803: Dumbarton, Luss
      • 25 Aug 1803: Loch Lomond, Tarbet
      • 26 Aug 1803: Loch Katrine
    • 27-31 August 1803 ▼
      • 27 Aug 1803: Trossachs
      • 28 Aug 1803: Loch Lomond
      • 29 Aug 1803: Arrochar, Cairndow
      • 30 Aug 1803: Cairndow, Inveraray
      • 31 Aug 1803: Inveraray, Dalmally
    • 1-7 September 1803 ▼
      • 01 Sep 1803: Loch Awe, Taynuilt
      • 02 Sep 1803: Taynuilt, Ballachulish
      • 03 Sep 1803: Ballachulish, Glen Coe
      • 04 Sep 1803: Inveroran, Tyndrum
      • 05 Sep 1803: Killin, Kenmore
      • 06 Sep 1803: Aberfeldy, Blair Athol
      • 07 Sep 1803: Blair, Killiecrankie
    • 8-13 September 1803 ▼
      • 08 Sep 1803: Killiecrankie, Dunkeld
      • 09 Sep 1803: Dunkeld, Crieff
      • 10 Sep 1803: Loch Earn, Callander
      • 11 Sep 1803: Callander, Trossachs
      • 12 Sep 1803: Trossachs
      • 13 Sep 1803: Balquhidder, Strathyre
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      • 16-17 Sep 1803: Edinburgh, Roslin
      • 18 Sep 1803: Peebles, Clovenford
      • 19-20 Sep 1803: Melrose, Jedburgh
      • 21-22 Sep 1803: Jedburgh, Hawick
      • 23-25 Sep 1803: Hawick, Grasmere
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Distances & Road Conditions

Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland 1803, by Dorothy Wordsworth
The journey proceeds down the left hand column, before continuing in the right hand column

miles

miles

Grasmere to Keswick

13

Suie (road excellent)

13

Hesket Newmarket (road very bad)

15

Killin (tolerable)

7

Carlisle (bad road)

14

Kenmore (baddish)

15

Longtown (newly mended, not good)

8

Blair (bad)

23

Annan (good)

14

Fascally (wretchedly bad)

18

Dumfries (good)

15

Dunkeld (bad)

12

Brownhill (pretty good)

12

Ambletree (hilly - good)

10

Leadhills (tolerable)

19

Crieff (hilly - goodish)

11

Douglass Mill (very bad)

12

Loch Erne Head (tolerable)

20

Lanark (baddish)

9

Callander (most excellent)

14

Hamilton (tolerable)

15

Trossachs

16

Glasgow (tolerable)

11

Ferryman's House (about 8)

8

Dumbarton (very good)

15

Callander to Falkirk (baddish)

27

Luss (excellent)

13

Edinburgh (good)

24

Tarbet (not bad)

8

Roslin (good)

6

Arrochar (good)

2

Peebles (good)

16

Cairndow (middling)

12

Clovenford (tolerable)

16

Inverary (very good)

10

Melrose (tolerable)

8

Dalmally (tolerable)

16

Dryburgh (good)

4

Taynuilt (excellent)

13

Jedburgh (roughish)

10

Portnacroish (tolerable)

15

Hawick (good)

12

Ballachulish (part most excellent)

12

Langholm (very good)

24

King's House (bad)

12

Longtown (good)

12

Tyndrum (good)

18

Carlisle

8

Grasmere

36

The End

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