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Page 114:-
the right, and close at hand, the Screes present their
remarkable sweep of débris, and crests
streaked with red, grey, and vivid green, and here and there
cloven for the passage of cataracts from the brow, which
tumble down through the gloom of woods. Hawlghyll is the
largest of these ravines. Next, the Scawfell peaks rise
above the rest; and Great End just peeps over the shoulder
of Lingmell. The cleft between Lingmell and Great Gable is
Sty Head Pass; and to the left, from Great Gable, are
Yewbarrow and Middlefell. The broken foreground on the
common whence this view is seen adds greatly to its beauty.
Descending upon Wastdale, the Irt is crossed; and then the
road meets others on the green. The one to the right leads
to the lake. Sweeping round to the left, and passing the
church,- so small and domestic-looking as to appear like a
house,- the road reaches the two little inns. They are
humble but clean; and horses can be had, and boats for the
lake.
Now we must see how the party by Fellfoot has fared.
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Wrynose Gap
Three Shire Stones
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Their route has been described, as far as Skelwith Bridge;-
viz: the road by Clappersgate, and the Brathay valley, in
which, however, they must keep the right-hand road. Passing
Skelwith Bridge, they had better, if on foot, go through the
gap in the wall mentioned in p.47, and follow the path in
the wood which will lead them out into the road at the top
of the hill. After about a mile from thence, they must take
the road to the right, which turns sharp down the very steep
hill to Colwith Bridge. Colwith Force, a
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-- Colwith Force
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-- Nether Wasdale
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-- Screes, The
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-- Screes, The
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-- St Michael and All Angels Church
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-- Strands Hotel
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-- Wasdale
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