North Lakes
Friar's Crag

John Ruskin called this view one of the three loveliest in Europe. A short walk from the boat landings and jetties this view is not to be missed. From this small, rocky peninsula all of Derwentwater’s four islands, Derwent Isle, Lord’s Isle, Rampsholme Island and St Herbert’s Island can be seen. It was St Herbert’s Island on which the monk lived – he died, as his wish, on the very same day as his good friend and tutor St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne on 20th March 687. Beyond the islands, the ‘jaws’ of the Borrowdale valley can be seen, with Scafell Pike (3206ft), the highest mountain in England, at the far end.