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Page 34:-
[wind]ing through it for the space of a mile, to which the
Langdale Pikes form a fine distance. On the bridge below
stands a summer-house, the only relic of Ambleside Hall, now
hid by other buildings from the eye of the stranger.
Scandale Beck, on the road to Keswick, presents some pretty
cascades, especially if the walk be extended up from
Scandale Bridge. The Nook Bridge and the Gale are equally
inviting.
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Wansfell
Skelgill
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WANSFELL AND SKELGILL.
Mountain excursions of moderate elevation, and almost
without fatigue, may be made to Skelgill and Wansfell Pike,
whence the localities of Ambleside are displayed as on a
map, and thus the stranger is enabled to form a better idea
of his position with regard to the mighty masses around him.
Windermere, also, is seen in a new point of view.
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Fairfield
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FAIRFIELD.
The attainment of the top of this mountain presents a
lengthened excursion, attended with more of enterprise and
fatigue; it is two thousand nine hundred and fifty feet
above the level of the sea, closing on the north the Rydal
domain, whence it should be ascended, in a course directed
on the left to Nab Scar. In a circular round from this
point, Windermere, Blelham Tarn, Esthwaite Water, Coniston,
Elter Water, Rydal Water, Grasmere,
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-- Bridge House
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-- "Fairfield" -- Fairfield
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-- "Scandale Beck" -- Scandale Beck
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-- "Skelgill" -- Skelghyll
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-- Stock Ghyll
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-- "Wansfell Pike" -- Wansfell Pike
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