Lake Steamers criss-cross the lake, and are timed to connect with buses and trains: At the beginning of Swallows and Amazons they saw A long steamship (which was) one of the steamships that ran from end to end of the lake two or three times a day, calling on the way at the little town a mile higher up the lake than Holly Howe, and at one or two landing stages .... after calling at Rio, the steamers ran directly to the foot of the lake, stopping only sometimes to put a passenger ashore at a jetty or to pick one up if he was signalling that he wanted to come aboard. The steamer track ran close beside the island .... (SA3).